Geography & Map skills 2019

Where are the tropics located?

A 'round representation of earth, truer to scale'

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

A huge body of salt water.

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

Comparison of distance on a map with actual distance.

What direction is this? (Standard compass rose)

How many oceans are there?

Half of the earth is called a...?

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

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

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

What is Aerial Photography?

What direction is this? (Standard compass rose)

What direction is this? (Standard compass rose)

What tells the name of the map?

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

Explanation of the symbols on a map

North America is an example of a?

What is a 'flat representation of the world'?

________ lines are parallel and each line has its own number

South of the Equator

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

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

We live in which continent?

Which continent is also a country?

How many continents are there?

Geography is the study of....?

North of the Equator

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

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

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

What direction is this? (Standard compass rose)

Which continent is the most southern?

What does the compass on the map do?

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

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

Basis for the world's time zones