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Where a place is located in relation to another place.
Hemisphere
Relative Location
Absolute Location
Estimation
2
What lines measure East and West of the Prime Meridian?
Equator
Longitude
Latitude
3
A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs from
North to south
East to West
West to East
South to East
4
What part of the map is the first clue about the map's main topic?
Compass Rose
Legend or key
Title
Map Topic
5
What is a map maker called?
Cartographer
Teacher
Geologist
Doctor
6
What part of the map explains what the symbols mean?
Compass Rose
Map grid
Title
Legend or Map Key
7
What is another name for lines of longitude?
Eastern
Latitude
Western
Meridian
8
How many continents are there?
8
5
6
7
9
What is the study of natural features on a map?
Geography
Physical Geography
field of study
Human Geography
10
Which is not an Intermediate Direction
Northeast
Southeast
SouthNorth
Northwest
11
Which line of latitude is at 23.5° south?
Antarctic Cirle
North Pole
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
12
What shows the relationship between actual distance and distance shown on a map?
Map Grid
Compass Rose
Map Key
Scale
13
What is at 90° N ?
North Pole
East Pole
South Pole
West Pole
14
Which line is NOT important lines of latitude?
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Arctic Circle
15
What part of the map uses imaginary lines to find an exact location?
Map Grid
Legend or key
Compass Rose
Scale
16
Which is not Cardinal Direction?
Southeast
North
South
West
17
Where does the Prime Meridian pass through?
Tokyo, Japan
Greenwich, England
Melbourne, Australia
Chippewa Falls, wi
18
What part of a map shows the directions?
Map Grid
Compass Rose
Legend or Map Key
Title
19
If 1 inch = 20 miles, how many miles would 4 inches be?
60 miles
4o miles
20 miles
80 miles
20
Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere?
Australia and Africa
South America and North America
Asia and Europe
Australia and Antarctica
21
What is a Map Maker Called?
Cartoonist
musician
Cartographer
Geographer
22
What is the study of people as they have spread across Earth?
Human Geography
Physical Geography
Zoology
Geographic space
23
What is another name of the Map Key?
Grid
Legend
Compass Rose
Title
24
What is another name for latitude lines?
Arctic Circle
Parallels
North Pole
Northern
25
The precise point where a place is located on the earth.
Similar location
Relative Location
Primal Location
Absolute Location
26
Name the lines that measure how far North and South a location is from the Equator.
Longitude
Meridians
Latitude
27
A change in the shape, size or position of a place when it is shown on a map?
Distortion
Sphere
Absolute Location
Map Projection
28
What is a half of sphere
Meridians
Hemisphere
Continents
Parallels