Units - Topic 1: Maps and Map Skills

What is a long connected chain of mountains and hills?

______ is a town or city with a harbour or access to navigable water where ships load or unload.

The equator devides the earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres.

What are used to measure distances on a map that are equivalent to real-life measurements using miles or kilometers?

What is the major line of latitude?

All lines of LONGITUDE are also called ____________.

Lines of longitude run in a north-south direction.

Lines of longitudes are also called parallels.

Which map shows the boundaries of a place?

Lines of latitudes are also called meridians.

Lines of latitude run in an _____________________ across Earth.

A figure on a compass or map used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions is called _______________.

Which map shows the information about the climate of different areas?

What is a MAN-MADE channel of water joining lakes or rivers, or connecting them with the sea?

What is the prime meridian ?

This is an elevated, mostly level, area of land.

Lines of latitude ______________.

Which map shows the physical features of a place or country, like rivers, mountains, forests and lakes?

_______ is a piece of land surrounded by water.

Latitude and Longitude were used for _____________.

A piece of land ALMOST completely surrounded by WATER

Which map shows the different resources present in the area or economic activity prevalent?

What are Fauna and Flora?

What is a narrow strip of land that connects TWO larger areas of land?

What is known for it's group or CHAIN of many islands?

A vast body of SALT water that covers approximately three quarters of the earth is called ___________.

A barren land area containing LITTLE to NO vegetation.

Which of the following tells the cardinal locations?

Which is true about lines of longitude?

A body of water that is completely surrounded by land is called ________.

_____ a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it.

The Prime Meridian devides the earth into Easter and Western hemispheres.