Vocabulary quiz on map terms

Half of the earth.

• longitude

• latitude

• hemisphere

• equator

A symbol on a map that shows directions.

• compass rose

• cardinal direction

• intermediate directions

• grid

An imaginary line that runs around the center of Earth halfway between the North and South Poles.

• cardinal direction

• physical map

• equator

• elevation

A round model of Earth

• Hemisphere

• Compass Rose

• symbol

• globe

The study of Earth.

• Geography

• Equator

• Intermediate Direction

• Hemisphere

A system of lines that cross each other forming a pattern of squares.

• degrees

• longitude

• grid

• latitude

One of the four main compass points of north, south, east, and west.

• political map

• symbol

• cardinal direction

• intermediate directions

The 0 degree line of longitude, drawn from the North Pole to the South Pole, that divides Earth into the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere.

• prime meridian

• political map

• map scale

• atlas

Any of the four directions that are between the cardinal directions: northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.

• compass rose

• map legend

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

A symbol that sows the relationship between distance on the map and distance on Earth.

• map scale

• compass rose

• symbol

• map legend