Carter's Map skills Social Studies review

the place furthest north on the Earth

• North Pole

• South Pole

• North Equator

• South Equator

the place furthest south on the Earth

• South Pole

• North Pole

• North Equator

• i have no idea

an imaginary line that circles the Earth halfway between the North and South Poles

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• North Pole

• South Pole

a large body of land on Earth

• continent

• state

• country

• hemisphere

a large body of water on Earth

• ocean

• continent

• lake

• river

the 4 main directions - North, South, East, and West

• old fashioned compass

• cardinal directions

• red bird directions

• compass rose

a pointer that shows directions on a map

• Prime meridian

• Compass rose

• cardinal directions

• equator

anything that stands for something else. It could be a line, shape, or color.

• symbol

• map key

• map legend

explains what the symbols on a map stand for

• Equator

• map key/map legend

• compass rose

• cardinal directions

TRUE OR FALSE

1 half of the Earth (north/south/east/west) is a hemisphere

• true

• false

Answer explanation

hemi - means half

sphere - means globe so hemisphere is half the globe