Map Skills and Earth's Features

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

• longitude

• equator

• hemisphere

• Prime Meridian

The imaginary line ends one day and starts the next.

• International Date Line

• Prime Meridian

• equator

• latitude

These are 7 largest pieces of land on Earth.

• ocean

• mountains

• continents

• hemisphere

These are the 4 largest bodies of saltwater on Earth.

• lakes

• ponds

• seas

• oceans

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

• physical map

• political maps

• globes

• alphanumeric maps

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

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• false

North America is in the southern hemisphere.

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• false

South Carolina is bigger than the United States of America.

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• false

Latitude lines measure north and south.

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• false

Longitude lines measure north and south.

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• false