Maps Skills Toolkit

The largest bodies of water are called

• oceans

• continents

• seas

• lakes

About what percentage of the Earth's surface is covered in water?

• 33%

• 75%

• 50%

• 60%

The largest body of water on Earth is the one closest to North Highlands. It is called the...

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• American River

• Lake Tahoe

The largest continent on Earth is...

• Asia

• Europe

• Australia

• North America

Lines of latitude run...

• horizontally

• vertically

• diagonally

Lines of longitude run...

• horizontally

• vertically

• diagonally

The invisible line at 0º latitude is called...

• the equator

• the prime meridian

• the Tropic of Cancer

• the Tropic of Capricorn

The invisible line at 0º longitude is called...

• the equator

• the prime meridian

• the Tropic of Cancer

• the Tropic of Capricorn

A location's exact latitude and longitude is called...

• absolute location

• equator

• a map

• compass rose

When the globe is divided by the Prime Meridian it creates the...

• Northern and Southern hemispheres

• Eastern and Western Hemispheres