Geography Skills OH26-39

Anything that stands for something else is call a ________.

• oceans

• symbol

• hemisphere

• compass rose

The imaginary line that lies halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole is called the ______.

• map key

• continents

• prime meriden

• equator

A word for half a sphere is ______.

• hemisphere

• atlas

• longitude

• latitude

The directions between the cardinal directions are called the _______.

• compass rose

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

• map key

Earth's largest bodies of water are called __________.

• continents

• equator

• globe

• oceans

The ______ tells you what the symbols on a map represent.

• map key

• degrees

• globe

• physical map

The main directions on a globe or map. North, south, east, and west are the _______.

• cardinal diresctions

• intermediate directions

Earth's 7 great bodies of land are called ______.

• atlas

• continents

• oceans

• compass rose

A small drawing on a map that shows direction is called a _______.

• map key

• symbol

• globe

• compass rose

The _______ is the relationship between the distance shown on a map and the real distance on Earth.

• physical map

• political map

• map scale

• globe