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1
What line of latitude does this show?
Tropic of Capricorn
International Date Line
equator
Tropic of Cancer
2
What line of longitude does this show?
International Date Line
Equator
Prime Meridian
Time zone
3
What direction is highlighted?
Northeast
East-northeast
Northwest
North-northeast
4
What is a line on a map that shows a proportion equal to distance?
scale
legend
ruler
compass rose
5
What is this symbol called?
cardinal directions
legend
scale
compass rose
6
The earth is divided by longitude into time zone beginning where?
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Equator
7
What climate zone is cold all year?
Frigid Zone
Arctic Zone
Antarctic zone
Torrid Zone
8
What is the characteristic weather condition of a region over a period of time?
weather
temperature
Climate
preciptation
9
What hemisphere is NOT shaded?
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
10
What direction does the compass show?
East-southeast
West-southwest
Southeast
Southwest
11
Which hemisphere is the arrow pointing to?
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
12
What line of longitude runs along 180° and every midnight, a new day begins here?
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
International New Day
Greenwich Meridian
13
What hemisphere is shaded in?
Northern Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
14
What directions is shown on the compass rose?
Northeast
West-southeast
East-Northeast
North-northeast
15
What climate zone experiences the greatest seasonal changes?
Tropics
Tropic of Capricorn
Temperate Zone
Torrid Zone
16
What climate zone is shown?
Equator
Torrid zone
Temperate Zone
Frigid Zone
17
The area between the Equator and the South Pole is known as what?
Northern Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
18
What line of latitude does this show?
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
equator
Tropic of Capricorn
19
What 3 things help determine the climate of a region?
longitude, distance from the equator, latitude
longitude, distance from a desert, altitude
latitude, distance from a mountain, altitude
latitude, distance from an ocean, altitude
20
Latitude lines measure how far _____ and _____ of the ____ something is located.
East, West, Prime Meridian
East, West, Equator
North, South, Prime Meridian
North, South, Equator
21
Texas is located in what 2 hemispheres?
Northern and Eastern Hemispheres
Southern and Western Hemispheres
Northern and Western Hemispheres
Southern and Eastern Hemispheres
22
The earth's largest land masses are known as what?
Old World
continents
hemispheres
oceans
23
What climate zone receives the most sun all year?
Equator
Temperate Zone
Frigid Zone
Torrid Zone
24
What city is the beginning point of the Prime Meridian?
Greenwich, England
London, England
San Antonio, TX
Quito, Ecuador
25
What line of latitude does this map show?
Arctic Circle
Equator
Antarctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
26
What is a table on a map listing and explaining the symbols used?
table
legend
compass rose
scale
27
What ocean is this?
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
28
What is this map component called
scale
table
chart
legend
29
Longitude lines measure how far ____ and ____ of the ______________ something is located.
North, South, Equator
East, West, Prime Meridian
East, West, Equator
East, West, International Date Line
30
what is half a sphere called?
mini sphere
half-circle
hemisphere
31
what climate zone is shown
Frigid zone
Antarctic Zone
Arctic Zone
Tropics
32
Which hemisphere is the arrow pointing to?
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
33
What line of latitude does the map show?
Antarctic Circle
Prime Meridian
Arctic Circle
Equator
34
What continent is highlighted?
North America
Asia
Africa
Europe
35
What continent is highlighted?
Australia
North America
Africa
South America
36
What continent is this?
South America
Europe
North America
Asia
37
What continent is this?
Russia
Asia
Australia
Europe
38
What continent is highlighted?
Asia
Africia
Antarctica
Australia
39
What ocean is this?
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
40
What is the area between the equator and the North Pole called?
Southern Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
41
What climate zone is shown?
Temperate Zone
Tropic Zone
Tropic of Cancer
Torrid Zone
42
The Cardinal Directions are ...
North, Southwest, East and West
North, South, East, and West
North, Sanders, Ethan, and West
North, South, East, and West-northwest
43
What continent is this?
Africa
Australia
South America
Asia
44
What line of latitude does this show?
Tropic of Cancer
Prime Meridian
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
45
What continent is highlighted?
South Pole
Arctic
North Pole
Antarctica
46
What ocean is this?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Indian Ocean
47
What direction is showing
East-Southeast
Southeast
North-Northwest
Southwest
48
What is a circle or symbol printed on a map to show direction
cardinal direction
scale
legend
compass rose
49
What is this map component called?
legend
scale
ruler
distance marker
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What direction is shown on the compass rose?
North-northeast
Northwest
West-northwest
North-northwest
