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Map Skills - Vocabulary

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the distance north or south of the Earth’s equator

a)

prime meridian

b)

latitude

c)

longitude

d)

equator

2.

a spherical or ball-shaped model of the entire planet

a)

globe

b)

earth

c)

continent

d)

map

3.

a large land mass that is part of the Earth’s crust; geographers identify seven continents

a)

globe

b)

earth

c)

continent

d)

map

4.

a flat drawing that shows all or part of the earth’s surface

a)

globe

b)

earth

c)

continent

d)

map

5.

the northern half of the globe between the equator and the North Pole

a)

southern hemisphere

b)

northern hemisphere

c)

eastern hemisphere

d)

western hemisphere

6.

the half of the globe between the prime meridian and 180 degrees longitude that includes most of Africa and Europe as well as Asia, Australia, and the Indian Ocean

a)

southern hemisphere

b)

northern hemisphere

c)

eastern hemisphere

d)

western hemisphere

7.

the southern half of the globe between the equator and the South Pole

a)

southern hemisphere

b)

northern hemisphere

c)

eastern hemisphere

d)

western hemisphere

8.

the half of the globe between 108 degrees and the prime meridian that includes North and South America and the Pacific and Atlantic oceans

a)

southern hemisphere

b)

northern hemisphere

c)

eastern hemisphere

d)

western hemisphere

9.

an imaginary line that runs through Greenwich, England at 0 degrees latitude

a)

prime meridian

b)

equator

c)

northern hemisphere

d)

hemisphere

10.

the imaginary line of latitude that circles the globe halfway between the North and South Poles

a)

prime meridian

b)

equator

c)

northern hemisphere

d)

hemisphere

11.

imaginary lines passing through the poles; they measure east and west of the prime meridian

a)

prime meridian

b)

latitude

c)

longitude

d)

equator