6th Grade Map Skills Vocabulary Quiz

Latitude lines are parallels, are "flat", and measure distances north or south of the equator.

The southernmost point on Earth is the...

A body of water completely surrounded by land...

A map key/legend contains symbols found on the map used to represent real things.

The northernmost point on Earth is....

The Prime Meridian is the line of longitude at 0 degrees. It divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres.

The four main points on a compass (N,S,E,W) are known as _________ directions.

This means 1/2 the globe....

A body of land completely surrounded by water...

Weather conditions for a given location over a long period of time...

The design on a map which shows directions...

Intermediate directions are directions 1/2 way between the cardinal directions.

MR. HELP represents __________.

There is actually one of these divided into five main areas...

Distances east or west are measured from this 0 degree line of longitude.

There are seven of these continuous expanses of land...

This shows the relationship between the distance on the ground and the distance on the map...

The Equator is at 0 degrees latitude and divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres.

This is a large natural stream which flows into a larger body of water...

A symbolic representation of a place, usually on a flat surface...

Any inlet of an ocean, sea, or lake that extends into the land...

This is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides...