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5th Grade Map Skills
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The ________provides important clues about the maps intentions and goals.
The title
The scale
The boarders
Compass Rose
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Sam is doing research on landforms. What type of map will he use:
Political
Climate
Physical
Population
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Maggie is driving to Utah. What part of the map will she use to estimate the number of miles:
Key
Scale
Legend
Compass
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The state of Hawaii is an example of what type of landform?
Peninsula
Mountain range
Island
Isthmus
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Landforms are:
Natural shapes and features of an area of land.
Plants and animals that live on Earth's surface.
Houses and buildings in our communities.
Good places to visit.
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The earth can be divided into ________hemispheres:
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Lines that run east to west and measure the distance north and south of the equator are called:
Equator
Longitude
Latitude
Hemisphere
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The line that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres is called the:
Prime Meridian
the Tropics of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
Equator
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A map scale shows:
The four Cardinal directions.
Elevations and landforms
Capitals and cities
relationship of distance on map to real distance
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A picture on a map that shows four Cardinal directions is:
Scale
Compass Rose
Symbol
Key
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The line that divides the earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is called the:
Equator
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
Prime Meridian
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Lines of latitude measure:
how much time it takes to get to the Equator.
How long it takes to get to the Prime Meridian.
How far east or west a place is on Earth.
How far north or south a place is on Earth.
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A map that uses national and state boundaries, cities, capitals, & major bodies of water is a:
resource map
political map
topographical map
physical map
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The Prime Meidian divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres and is located at
Zero degrees latitude.
20 degrees longitude.
Zero degrees longitude.
15 degrees latitude.
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The climate of an area is defined as:
the type of organisms that live in an area.
the amount of precipitation a place has over time.
the kind of weather of a place over a period of time.
average high and low monthly temperatures a location has.
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The imaginary lines running vertically around the Earth are called:
Equator
Lines of latitude
Meridians
Lines of longitude
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The map that shows natural features of the earth like rivers, mountains, and plains is called:
Physical map
Geological map
Population map
Political map
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How many different types of maps are there?
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More than you can count
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