Map Skills and Landforms

Distances north and south of the equator are measured in degrees of _________________________.

• meridian

• latitude

• longitude

• prime meridian

What type of map helps you see the types of landforms, bodies of water, and elevation?

• Political

• Physical

• Flow Line

• Cartogram

What is a hemisphere?

• a line running east to west on a globe

• a line running north to south on a globe

• one half of the earth

• one fourth of the earth

Type of map for finding landforms and land elevation

• weather map

• political map

• thematic map

• physical map

Which of these map elements is a scale?

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What is name of the 0° line of latitude?

• Tropic of Capricorn

• latitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

What is the purpose of a legend on a map?

• pointing to true north on the map

• measuring distance between two places on the map

• telling what the map symbols and/or colors mean

Which of these map elements is a legend?

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Type of map for finding countries, capital cities, and borders

• topographic map

• political map

• physical map

• thematic map

Which hemisphere is marked with a smiley face?

• southern

• eastern

• western

• northern