Map Skills Study Guide

How many continents are on the Earth?

• 7

• 9

• 5

• 12

• 193

The exact spot or position where a place is found

• Absolute location

• Region

• Cardinal direction

• Relative location

Describing the position of an item or a place based on its relation to other locations... For example: the Eiffel Tower is within 6km of the Louvre Museum and Notre Dame.

• Relative location

• Place

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Absolute location

• Population density

In what hemispheres can Australia be found?

• Southern, Eastern

• Northern, Western

• Southern, Northern

• Southern, Western

• Eastern, Northern

The following can be used to determine Absolute Location: - latitude and longitude, coordinates - address - Life360 pin - All of these

• latitude and longitude, coordinates

• address

• Life360 pin

• All of these

Which imaginary line of LONGITUDE divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Flow Lines

• Political Boundaries

• Greenwich, England

A Compass Rose:

• Shows directions on a map

• Explains symbols, lines and colors on a map

• Tells what the content of the map is about

• Only points to the top of a map

What imaginary line of LATITUDE divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Direction

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Westerlies

• Arctic Circle

Latitude lines run

• parallel with the Equator, horizontally

• diagonal from the midpoint, then Northwest

• in all directions from the origin, out

• vertically, beginning with the spherical midline

• perpendicular to the Prime Meridian, vertically

The _______________ converts distance on a map to distance on Earth's surface.

• Key/Legend

• Map Scale

• Barometer

• Richter Scale

• Odometer