Map Reading: Terms

A _________ is a nation of people within a continent.

• region

• country

• hemisphere

• taco

A ________ is an area that is defined by common features.

• hemisphere

• country

• continent

• region

A ________ is half of a sphere or globe.

• region

• pole

• hemisphere

• equator

A __________ ________ is a circle with points printed on a map to point you in the right direction.

• compass rose

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• south pole

The primary directions to travel in on a map are.....

• North, left, right, and that other way

• North, South, East, and West

• Up, down, all around

• In, out, between, behind

The _________ __________ is the 0 degree longitude line that cuts the globe into two equal Eastern and Western hemispheres.

• compass rose

• equator

• Optimus Prime

• Prime Meridian

The _______ ________ is the top of the Northern Hemisphere. It is always cold and very magnetic.

• North Pole

• South Pole

• East Pole

• West Pole

The ______ _______ is the bottom of the Southern hemisphere and it is also always cold there.

• North pole

• South pole

• East pole

• West pole

The __________ is the line of zero degrees latitude that cuts the earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• hemisphere

• country

The point where the latitude and longitude lines cross to locate a specific place is called that place's ___________.

• region

• country

• hemisphere

• coordinates