Mr. Ham's Map Skills/Vocabulary

The Tropic of Cancer is located ...

• North of the Equator

• South of the Equator

• Perpendicular to the Prime Meridian

If you drew a straight line on a map from Cape Hatteras, NC, what African nation would the line connect to?

• London

• South Africa

• Morocco

• Israel

Every map should have a

• State and country

• Title

• Legend

• Bus Routes for all major cities

The Earth is split in half by ...

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Prime Meridian

• Hemispheres

A ratio that can be converted into actual distances is a ...

• Legend

• Compass Rose

• intermediate direction

• scale

Cardinal Directions include which of the following?

• Northwest

• East

• SW

• Any direction greater than 90 degrees

Which choices are intermediate directions?

• SW

• NE

• S

• NW

The Axis of the Earth is...

• An imaginary line that splits the Earth in two

• The imaginary line that runs from pole to pole

• The imaginary line that the Earth rotates on

• an extremely populated area

A ________ map shows the geography of the land

• Resource

• Mountain

• Physical

• Political

A ___________map shows borders and major cities.

• Physical

• Topographical

• Orienteering

• Political