Map Skills and Earth Features-SS Unit 1 Review

This imaginary line is the largest latitude line and it circles the middle of Earth.

• longitude

• equator

• hemisphere

• Prime Meridian

This imaginary line ends one day and starts the next.

• International Date Line

• Prime Meridian

• equator

• latitude

These are the 7 largest pieces of land on Earth.

• ocean

• continents

• mountains

• hemispheres

These are the largest bodies of saltwater on Earth.

• lakes

• seas

• ponds

• oceans

This type of map shows the borders between countries, states and cities.

• physical map

• globes

• political maps

• alphanumeric maps

Mountains, forests and rivers would be seen on a physical map.

• True

• False

North America is in the southern hemisphere.

• True

• False

South Carolina is bigger than the United States of America.

• True

• False

Latitude lines measure north to south.

• True

• False

Longitude lines measure north and south.

• True

• False