What are the 5 elements of a map?

Title, Scale, key, compass, lines of reference

What does the Prime meridian do?

Divides the world into Eastern and Western hemispheres

What are the names of the seven continents?

Africa, Antartica,Asia, Europe, North America, South America

What do we mean when we say that a city is located at longitude 120 degrees E?

Is located East of the Prime meridian

Why do geographers use a grid system?

Identify precise locations on earth

Divides the world into 2 parts; Northern and Southern hemispheres

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1
How many oceans are there?
14
6
5
7
2
Largest body of land on earth
Russia
Antartica
North America
Asia
3
What are the 5 elements of a map?
Title, key, compass, lines of reference, legend
Title, Scale, key, compass, lines of reference
Scale, key, compass, prime meridian, equator
Title, scale, key, compass, legend
4
What does the Prime meridian do?
Divides pizza and nachos among friends
Divides the world into 4 parts
Divides the world into Southern and Northern hemispheres
Divides the world into Eastern and Western hemispheres
5
Someone who makes maps is called a ,.....?
Photographer
Mapographer
Cartographer
Geographer
6
What continent do we live on right now?
South America
North Amnesia
North America
North Africa
7
What are the names of the seven continents?
African, Eurasian, South American, North America, Antartica
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, India
Pangea
Africa, Antartica,Asia, Europe, North America, South America
8
What do we mean when we say that a city is located at longitude 120 degrees E?
Is located North of the Prime meridian
Is located East of the Prime meridian
Is located South of the Prime meridian
Is located West of the Prime meridian
9
What lines (the names of them) go horizontally across the earth?
Latitude
Prime meridian
Longitude
10
What is the Biggest ocean?
Arcitc
Pacific
Atlantic
Southern
11
What is the order that you read the longitude and latitude lines?
Latitlong, You Dude
Longitude, Latitude
Hareitude, Hoffitude
Latitude, Longitude
12
Why do geographers use a grid system?
Determine the number of people on earth
Identify precise locations on earth
Calculate elevation of mountains
Provides information for historians
13
What lines run vertically across the Earth?
Latitude
Ladder
Equator
Longitude
14
The equator...
Is equal to the prime meridian
Is very hot
Divides the world into 2 parts; Northern and Southern hemispheres
Is the Earth's belt
15
How many continents are there?
7
6
5
8

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