6th grade Maps Review

Question 1

The closer you get to the equator the ___________it gets.

Accepted Answer

hotter

Question 2

A hemisphere is

Accepted Answer

half of the earth

Question 3

The Prime Meridian is located at 0 degree longitude and divides the earth into what hemispheres

Accepted Answer

East and West

Question 4

China is located in what hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Northeastern

Question 5

Latitude lines are imaginary lines that run

Accepted Answer

Horizontally, North to South

Question 6

North America is in what hemisphere

Accepted Answer

Western

Question 7

This type of map shows the boundaries nations, countries, states, provinces and territories.

Accepted Answer

political map

Question 8

This world map shows

Accepted Answer

continents and oceans

Question 9

Look at the map, most of Latin America's population is located...

Accepted Answer

along the coast lines

Question 10

This picture is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

a map scale

Question 11

A design on a map that shows directions is called

Accepted Answer

a compass rose

Question 12

The four major compass points of north, south, east, and west are called

Accepted Answer

Cardinal directions

Question 13

How many continents are on the earth?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 14

An ocean is a very large body of

Accepted Answer

salt water

Question 15

What is the line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres?

Accepted Answer

equator

Question 16

Most early civilizations developed along oceans and seas.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

What is a flat two dimensional representation of physical space?

Accepted Answer

a map

Question 18

The equator is at what degree?

Accepted Answer

0 degree latitude

Question 19

A continent is ...

Accepted Answer

A land mass on earth.

Question 20

What part of the map explains what the symbols mean?

Accepted Answer

map key

Question 21

Name the four hemispheres

Accepted Answer

Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western

Question 22

longitude lines are imaginary lines that run

Accepted Answer

vertically, north to south

Question 23

A physical map shows ...

Accepted Answer

naturally made landmarks such as rivers, lakes, mountains.

Question 24

What physical feature on a map would tell you the best location for an early civilization?

Accepted Answer

rivers

6th grade Maps Review

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6th grade Maps Review

Questions 24