Map Skills Vocab Quiz

A parallel of latitude north of the equator; the northern boundary of the Torrid Zone

• Tropic of cancer
• scale
• landform

A direction half way between two cardinal directions

• Intermediate directions
• legend
• scale

This tells you what each symbol on the map stands for

• legend
• Equator
• Tropic of Capricorn

One of the Earth’s seven large bodies of land

• continent
• equator
• geography

An imaginary line encircling Earth half way between the North and the South Pole

• equator
• degree
• legend

The line of longitude labeled 0 degrees

• Prime Meridian
• legend
• region

An imaginary line or parallel, measuring distance north or south of the equator

• latitude
• scale
• Cardinal Directions

One of the four main points of the Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions
• geography
• degree

An imaginary line or meridian measuring distance east or west of the prime meridian

• Longitude
• legend
• continent

A guide explaining the relationship between real distances on Earth and on a map

• scale
• legend
• Tropic of Cancer