Basic Map Skills Review

Which type of map shows the location of landforms, bodies of water, or resources?

Which lines measure exact distance north and south of the Equator?

What part of a map tells you about the symbols on the map?

Which lines measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian?

What part of a map compares distance on a map to the distance in the real world?

Halves of the earth are called?

What is the name for this line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole?

What type of directions tell us northwest, northeast, southeast, and southwest.

What is the name for this red line that lies halfway between the North and South poles?

Which hemispheres are divided in half by the Equator?

What part of a map will tell you the subject of the map?

What kind of map will show you cities, states, and countries?

Which continent contains the United States?

What part of the map will show you the cardinal directions?

Which ocean lies between North America and Europe?