Studies Weekly-Week 8: Map Skills

Label the missing directions on the compass rose.

a

c

e

f

W

EN

N

NE

WS

SW

The (a)   divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• longitude
• latitude

The (a)   divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• longitude
• latitude

Line of (a)   runs east and west around the Earth.

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• longitude
• latitude

The International Date Line is a line of latitude.

• True

• False

The Equator is a line of latitude.

• True

• False

Identify the continent.

• Australia

• China

• India

• Russia

Lines of (a)   run north to south between the Earth's poles.

• longitude
• meridian
• latitude
• parallel