Maps/Globes Test Review

the place where something is found

• satellite

• discovery

• location

half of the Earth

• Prime Meridian

• hemisphere

• Equator

tells what the symbols stand for on a map

• map key

• title

• composs rose

a flat picture that shows the location of something

• map key

• map

• globe

one of the seven mainland areas on Earth

• continent

• ocean

• equator

a better model of the Earth than a map because it is round

• map

• compass rose

• globe

an imaginary line that is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole

• cardinal directions

• equator

• scale

used to measure the distance between places on a map

• compass rose

• location

• distance scale

the four main directions on a map (North, South, East, West)

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

• scale

tells the directions on a map

• map key

• scale

• compass rose