6th Grade- 1. Map Skills

What splits the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

What splits the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

What is the purpose of latitude and longitude lines?

• They separate the hemispheres.

• The look cool across Earth.

• They help us to pinpoint exact locations on Earth.

• They locate regions.

North, South, East, and West are what type of directions?

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

Northeast and Southwest are examples of what type of directions?

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

How is latitude and longitude measured?

• inches

• degrees

• hemispheres

• feet

What lines run East to West (parallel to the Equator), but measure degrees North and South?

• longitude

• latitude

What lines run North to South (from pole to pole), but measure degrees East and West?

• longitude

• latitude

What is a scale model of the Earth?

• meridian

• globe

• hemisphere

• parallel

There are 7 continents.

• TRUE

• FALSE