Map Skills Vocabulary Review

What line is at zero degrees longitude and divides the eastern and western hemispheres?

What is the name of the lines that circle this sphere?

What is a hemisphere?

What line is at zero degrees latitude and divides the northern and southern hemispheres?

What is an atlas?

1.This map shows country and state borders. 2. The states are shown in different colors. What type of map is this?

What are the black lines on this globe called?

On what continent do we live?

What does the blue building on this map represent?

What two hemisphere do we live in?

What item would not be shown on a physical map?

What are the cardinal directions?

What drawing on a map shows the principal directions?

crowded streets; many people; businesses and apartments close together. What do these phrases and picture describe?

Absolute location is the exact location of a place using coordinates or a complete address.

What part of the map would explain the meaning of triangles drawn on a map?

What type of map shows how many people live in a particular region?

Map tool would you use to find the relationship between the distance on a map and the actual distance on the ground?

What are the intermediate directions?

1. open fields 2. pastures 3 .country side What do these words and picture describe?