Map Skills Pretest

What horizontal lines show the distance north or south of the equator?

• prime meridian

• tropics

• latitude

• longitude

What vertical lines show distance east or west of the prime meridian?

• prime meridian

• longitude

• equator

• Tropic of Cancer

What are the four main points of direction called?

• cardinal directions

• direction points

• compass rose

• ordinal or intermediate directions

What name is given to the portion of Earth located ABOVE the equator?

• Northern hemisphere

• Eastern hemisphere

• Western hemisphere

• Southern hemisphere

What name is given to the portion of Earth located BELOW the equator?

• Northern hemisphere

• Eastern hemisphere

• Western hemisphere

• Southern hemisphere

What imaginary line divides the Earth into a northern and southern half?

• prime meridian

• longitude

• equator

• Tropic of Cancer

What imaginary line represents zero (0º) degrees longitude?

• prime meridan

• longitude

• equator

• Tropic of Cancer

What instrument uses a needle to determine magnetic north on Earth?

• sextant

• chronometer

• barometer

• compass

What circle, cut into degrees, shows the orientation of directions on a map?

• yellow cross

• compass rose

• scale

• primary directions

What image, made by a cartographer, shows an area of land, sea or both?

• chart

• table

• grid

• map