Map Test Study Guide

How many continents and oceans are there

• 4 continents and 3 oceans
• 6 continents and 4 oceans
• 8 continents and 6 oceans
• 7 continents and 5 oceans

What does due north mean?

• Towards the South
• Towards the East
• Towards the West
• Directly towards the North

What is a line of Latitude?

• A line that marks the boundary between two countries.
• An imaginary line that runs North to South

• An imaginary line that runs West to East

• A line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.

What are the important lines of Latitude?

• Prime Meridian, International Date Line, Greenwich Meridian
• Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Antarctic Circle

• International Date Line, Arctic, Circle, Southern Circle

• Northern Circle, Equator, Southern Circle

What is a line of Longitude?

• A line that marks the equator
• A line that never touches and is called a parallel

• An imaginary line that travels North to South and meets at the poles

• A line that measures the distance from the Earth's core

What are the important lines of Longitude?

• Equator, Tropic of Cancer
• Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle
• Greenwich Meridian, Tropic of Capricorn
• Prime Meridian, International Date Line

What are the four hemispheres?

• Northern Hemi, Western Hemi, Eastern Hemi, Southern Hemisphere

• Equator, Prime Meridian, Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle

• Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere

How many time zones are there?

• 15

• 24

• 360

• 12

Why is the international Date Line important?

• To establish the boundary between different time zones
• To keep track of time and date changes as one travels across the globe.
• To determine the start and end of each calendar day
• To mark the division between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

A scale helps us find the d_st____ between two places on the map.