Map Skills Study Guide Review

Maps that show landforms such as mountains and rivers are called ____ maps.

• political

• physical

This map feature is called a ___ ____

• map key

• compass rose

• map scale

• map title

Maps that show borders of countries, cities, etc are called ___ maps.

• physical

• political

North, South, East, and West are ___ directions.

• intermediate

• longitude

• cardinal

• latitude

The Equator divides the Earth into a _____ and a ____ hemisphere.

• Northern and Southern

• Eastern and Western

• Northern and Eastern

• Southern and Western

This map feature is called a ____ ____.

• map key

• compass rose

• map title

• map scale

The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into a ____ hemisphere and an ____ hemisphere.

• Northern and Southern

• Western and Eastern

• Northern and Eastern

• Southern and Western

The Prime Meridian runs through the continents of ___, ___, and ___.

• Europe, Asia, and Antarctica

• Europe, South America, and Antarctica

• Africa, Antarctic, and Asia

• Europe, Africa, and Antarctica

Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest are ___ directions.

• cardinal

• intermediate

• longitude

• latitude

The part of the map that has symbols and tell you what they stand for is called the ___ ___.

• map title

• map scale

• map key

• map directions