Grade 8 Geography Mapwork Term 1

The Longitude line at 0˚ is know as

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

What are the different types of scales

• World, Provincial, Local

• Ratio, Line, Word

• Small, Large, More

• Less, Large, Scale

1: 50000 is an example of which scale

• word

• ratio

• line

• world

True or False: a small scale map shows more detail

• True

• False

The earth rotates 1˚ every _________?

The ________ divides the earth into North and South

What line of Longitude divides the world into East and West

To calculate the time of another destination you need to follow which steps?

• Guess

• 1) Difference of hours

  2) answer ÷ 15

  3) see if the place is ahead in latitude

  4) add or minus the degrees worked out.

• 1) Difference of degrees

  2) answer x 15

  3) see if the place is ahead in longitude

  4) add or minus the hours worked out.

• 1) Difference of degrees

  2) answer ÷ 15

  3) see if the place is ahead in longitude

  4) add or minus the hours worked out.

An equinox can be defined as:

• The day when day and night are of equal length

• The shortest day of the year

• The longest day of the year

• The day when the sun is directly overhead at noon

During the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, which of the following statements is true?

• The Tropic of Capricorn receives the most direct sunlight

• The South Pole experiences 24 hours of darkness

• The sun is directly overhead at the Equator

• The North Pole experiences 24 hours of daylight