Welcome to the

Map SkillsTest Review

Game!

What is the name of the imaginary line that divides Earth into the

Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

Equator

What are the names of the 4 hemispheres of the

Earth?

Is the Tropic of Cancer north or south of the equator?

North

Name the four oceans of Earth according to size largest to

smallest.

PacificAtlanticIndianArctic

What is the northernmost point in the world called?

North Pole90

degrees N latitude

What are the names of the 7 continents?

North AmericaSouth America

AfricaEurope

AsiaAustralia

Antarctica

Is the Arctic Circle north or south of the equator?

North

Place the four cardinal directions on a compass

rose NORTH

EAST

SOUTH

WEST

What happens when What happens when we show the earth on we show the earth on

a flat map?a flat map?

The projection of the landmasses is

distorted

Name different types of maps

Physical, Political, vegetation, street, satellite

A.D. means…A.D. means…Anno Domini

“In the Year of our Lord”

Difference between Difference between absolute and relative absolute and relative

location?location?

Absolute is EXACT location

How do we express absolute location?

Latitude and longitude

Europe, Africa and Antarctica

What continents does the Prime Meridian run thru?

Which continent Which continent would you be on if would you be on if you traveled to 15 you traveled to 15 S latitude, 60 W S latitude, 60 W

longitude?longitude?

South America

180 longitude

International International Date LineDate Line

Directions of latitude

North, south

Directions of longitude

East, westEast, west

What is a gazeteer?

Geographical dictionary

What shape is the earth?

sphere

Which lines are parallel?

latitude

Another name for longitude

lines

meridiansmeridians

Which comes first, latitude or longitude?

Latitude

Which letter is closest to when Jesus was

born?

ZZ

What letter is What letter is closet to 12,000 closet to 12,000

BC?BC?

UU

40 N latitude and 20 E

longitude puts you in which 2 hemispheres?

Northern, Eastern

Which city could be 20 S latitude 40 W

longitude?

Rio de Janiero

If it is summer in Melbourne, what

season is it in Detroit?

winter

Summer in Rio de Janeiro,

season in Dar es

Salaan?

summersummer

Is there ever a Year “0” on a

timeline?

NO !

If there is no B.C. or A.D given, what do

you assume?The year is A.D.- Goes BEFORE the

Date

What is the LARGEST measure of time-

decadeyear

centurymillennium ?

millennium

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