4th grade Map Skills Review

If you were in Iowa and you drove to Nebraska, what direction did you travel?

What state do you live in?

If you were in Texas and you drove to Oklahoma, what direction did you travel?

A part of the map that explains what the symbols on a map stand for

This map shows the names, shapes, and borders of continents, countries, states, and/or towns.

A part of the map that compares a distance on the map to a distance in the real world.

Lines that run north and south and measure degrees east and west of the prime meridian.

The United States is located in which hemisphere?

If you were in Kansas and you drove East, what state would you reach first?

A map used to represent the overall amount of people in a given area.

The _____ often tells you the kind of map it is. It also tells you the place the map shows.

The of 0 degrees latitude that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

A smaller map within a larger one.

If you were in New California and you drove North, what state would travel to first?

This map would most likely be used to determine

A ________ is a list that tells what the colors, pictures, shapes, and lines on a map show.

The most southern part of the world.

Half of the earth. The earth can be divided into 4 of these.

If you were in Nevada and you took a train to Utah, what direction did you travel?

Lines that run from east to west and measure degrees north and south of the equator.

The line of 0 degrees longitude that runs through Greenwich, England.

The most northern part of the world

A small map or picture of a globe that shows where an area on the map is found.

Which of the following is not an intermediate direction?

An arrangement of lines that divide something, such as a map, into squares.

The line between one country, state, or city/town and another.

A symbol on a map that shows direction.

These show the latitude and longitude of a place on a map.

This map shows the natural features of the earth such as lakes, rivers, and mountains

This map is an example of a(n)