Maps and Globes

What feature tells you what the symbols on a map represent?

• key or legend

• compass rose

• scale

• equator

What feature on a map shows you the Cardinal directions?

• key or legend

• compass rose

• scale

• equator

What is the name of the imaginary horizontal lines that circle the world?

• longitude

• latitude

• dateline

• meridian

What is the name of the imaginary vertical lines that circle the world?

• longitude

• latitude

• dateline

• legends

What is the name of the Earth's latitude with the largest circumference?

• legend

• Prime Meridian

• scale

• Equator

How many continents are there?

• four

• seven

• six

• eight

What continent is Virginia located on?

• South America

• Europe

• North America

• Australia

What hemisphere is the United States located in?

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Middle Hemisphere

What is a person who makes maps called?

• Geographer

• Cartographer

• Explorer

• Archaeologist

Earth is divided into ___ hemispheres.

• four

• two

• five

• three