Geography & Map skills 2019

Which continent is the most southern?

North of the Equator

________ lines meet at the poles and measure how far something is from the Prime Meridian.

Explanation of the symbols on a map

________ lines are parallel and each line has its own number

What tells the name of the map?

North America is an example of a?

Where are the tropics located?

What direction is this? (Standard compass rose)

How many oceans are there?

What does the compass on the map do?

"The gym is next to the cafe" is an example of...?

What part of the map tells what the symbols stand for?

Radio system using signals from satellites to determine the user's location & give directions to other places 

A unit of distance measurement. 1° = approx. 69 miles.

What is Aerial Photography?

South of the Equator

What direction is this? (Standard compass rose)

What direction is this? (Standard compass rose)

The latitude line that marks the tropics to the south is the ___.

The set of latitude/ longitude values that show an exact position on the Earth's surface

A huge body of salt water.

How many continents are there?

Imaginary line that divides the world between the eastern and western hemispheres.

We live in which continent?

Geography is the study of....?

A powerful storm that forms over the ocean in the tropics is called a (an)

What direction is this? (Standard compass rose)

Half of the earth is called a...?

Basis for the world's time zones

A 'round representation of earth, truer to scale'

Imaginary line that divides the world between the northern and southern hemispheres.

Which continent is also a country?

What is a 'flat representation of the world'?

Divisions of the Earth into general areas according to average temperatures and rainfall

Comparison of distance on a map with actual distance.

1234 South Orange Avenue Orlando, Florida is an example of...?

The latitude line that marks the tropics to the north is the ___.