map and globe skills

Choose the 3 natural resources.

• water

• earth

• soil

• wind

List TWO map tools that can help you find and describe locations.

List the 4 cardinal directions on a compass rose.

Locate Mississippi on the map. What number is it?

• 32

• 24

• 45

• 14

model of the Earth shaped like a sphere

• globe

• map

• hemisphere

• map key

The information that explains what each symbol on a map stands for is the _______,

• Inset Map
• Locator Map
• Compass Rose
• Key

Large area of land separated from other areas by water, mountains, or other natural features

• oceans

• continent

• geography

• compass rose

Which continent is light green?

• North America

• South America

• Asia

• Europe

lines that run east to west on a map or globe that tell how far from the equator a place is.

• latitude

• longitude

• compass rose

• map key

What is the name of the imaginary line on the globe that runs north to south, and separates the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Latitude

• Longitude