Map Skills

The _______________________explains what the sumbols on the map stand for.

• map key

• map

• map scale

• hemispheres

The __________________ tells us what the map is about.

• title

• map

• compass rose

The lines of ___________________ are measured north and south along the prime meridian.

• longitude

• latitude

• linear

• long

Lines of _________________are flat lines that start at the equator.

• longitude

• measurement

• latitude

• symmetry

A ______________ is a flat diagram of the Earth's surface.

• map

• globe

• hemisphere

• map scale

You can use the ___________________________ to know the distance between 2 places on Earth.

• Map key

• map scale

• compass rose

• globe

_______________________ divide the Earth in half.

• Hemispheres

• continents

• globe

• map key

The Earth's land is divided into seven large land masses called_______________.

• continents

• ocean zones

• hemispheres

• colonies

A ______________ is a scale model of the Earth.

• globe

• sphere

• hemisphere

• compass rose

The ____________________ helps us know what directions we need to go on a map.

• compass rose

• map scale

• continents

• globe