Geography: Map Skills

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Which is a model of the Earth?

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Globe

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What do we call the largest areas of land?

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Continents

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Which of these might be used to compare the number of people living in five cities? A Compass Rose, A Physical Map, Globe, Graph

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Graph

Front

A compass rose is placed on a map in order to show.

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direction

Front

Which of these is a continent? South Africa, Asia, the Arctic, Alaska

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Asia

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To tell how far a place is from the Equator, maps use:

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lines of latitude

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This kind of map shows the earth's features, such as mountains and plains, as well as elevations:

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physical map

Front

How many continents are there?

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7

Front

To find the distance between two places on a map, you would use: a scale, line of latitude, a symbol, a line of longitude.

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a scale

Front

A map's key shows the:

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meaning of symbols used on the map