What does a map key do?

Shows you what symbols on a map mean

A map scale shows....

The relationship between actual distance and distance shown.

numbers in the latitudes and longitudes

imaginary line that divides the northern and southern hemisphere

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Grade 6 Map Skills

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1
What continent is the arrow pointing to?
Australia
Africa
Asia
Antarctica
2
This continent is... it is frozen.
Antarctica
New Jersey
South America
North America
3
Which continent is number 7?
Africa
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
4
meridians
lines of longitude
distance north or south of the equator
distance east or west of the prime meridian
lines of latitude
5
This continent is... it includes China
Asia
Africa
Europe
Canada
6
What does a map key do?
Shows you what symbols on a map mean
shows you people's birthdays
7
The blue on this map represents:
water
land
sky
8
Where is the red dot?
south
west
north
east
9
A map scale shows....
The date of the map.
The meaning of symbols.
The relationship between actual distance and distance shown.
Landforms and physical features.
10
What TWO oceans are surrounding North America?
Ohio River
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
11
What continent is this?
North America
Canada
United States of America
South America
12
coordinates are
numbers in the latitudes and longitudes
how many miles in distance from one place to another
N, S, E, W, NW, NE, SW, SE
tells where something is located.
13
What kind of map shows mountains, rivers, and oceans?
political map
globe
longitude
physical map
14
A mapmaker
scurvy
circumnavigate
charter
cartographer
15
0 degress longitude is
equator
prime meridian
temperature
16
Map Skills: North, South, East, West are called
Intermediate Directions
Primary Directions
Cardinal Directions
Secondary Directions
17
Lines of latitude run...
east to west
north to south
18
0 degress latitude
prime meridian
the temperature
equator
19
What is another name for the lines of latitude?
Parallels
Meridians
equator
20
The lines on a globe are latitude and longitude lines.
True
False
21
What is equator?
warm and wet climate
imaginary line that divides the northern and southern hemisphere
moderate temperatures neither wet or dry
imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemisphere
22
Where are koalas and kangaroos found?
Egypt
Austria
Australia
Spain
23
How many continents are there?
7
5
10
100
24
Coordinates help us...
understand the title
identify a place on a map
show us the x-axis
identify the key
25
What kind of map shows borders or boundaries?
Economic Map
Historical Map
Political Map
Natural Map
26
Lines of longitude run...
east to west
north to south

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