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WTR Mrs. Kilgallen Map Skills
36
Geography
6th Grade
09/18/2014

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What is a drawing that shows the surface area of an area?
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map
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What is the tallest mountain in the world located in the Himalaya on the border between Nepal and Tibet?
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Mount Everest
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Who was an Athenian leader who made sure that all citizens could take part in government?
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Pericles
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What is one of Earth's 7 large bodies of land?
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continent
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What are imaginary lines that run north and south, and measure the distance east and west of the prime meridian?
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longitude
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What is one of the halve of the Earth?
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hemisphere
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What is an imaginary line circling the Earth halfway between the north and south poles? it divides the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.
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equator
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What is the pattern formed on a map or globe by the crossing of parallels and meridians? The pattern makes it easy to pinpoint exact locations.
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global grid
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What is any line of longitude east or west of the prime meridian?
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meridian
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What is the distance north or south of the equator that is measured by imaginary lines or parallels that run east and west around the Earth?
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latitude
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What is a photograph taken from the air?
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Aerial photograph
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What is a round model with a map of the world on it?
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Globe
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What is the line of longitude marked 0 degrees on the world map, from which longitudes east and west are measured?
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prime meridian
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What is any line of latitude north or south of the equator? These lines never cross or meet.
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parallel
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What is the longitude and latitude of a place?
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Absolute location
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What are the directions north, south, east and west?
Definition
Cardinal directions
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What are the directions halfway between the cardinal direction; northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest?
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Intermediate directions
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What is the location of a place in relation to another place? (Ex: the United State is south of Canada.)
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Relative location
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What is the unit of measure on a map such as an inch that is used to represent the distance of Earth?
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Scale
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What is something that stands for something else on a map?
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map symbol
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What is a list of map symbols that tells what each symbol stands for?
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Map key
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What is a guide that shows what each symbol on a map stand for?
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legend
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What is a small map that shows where the subject area of main map is located?
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locator
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What is a map mainly showing political divisions, such as national and state boundaries, cities and state capitals?
Definition
political map
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What is a map that primarily shows a neutral features of earth such as river, lakes and mountains?
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physical map
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What is a map that shows the height of land above sea level?
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elevation map
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What is the use of shading to show changes in the elevation?
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relief
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What is a map that shows information about the past?
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historical map
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What is a special purpose map that shows how a particular feature such as population density is spread over an area?
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distribution map
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What is one of the halves of the earth divided by the equator or the meridian?
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hemisphere
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What is one of the great divisions of land on the globe, Europe, Asia, Antarctica, North or South America or Australia?
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continent
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What is a circle showing the principal directions on a map or chart?
Definition
compass rose
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What is a pattern on interesting lines that divides a map or chart into small squares?
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grid
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global grid
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What are the seven continents?
Definition
Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Antarctica, Europe, Austrailia
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What are the oceans?
Definition
Indian, Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic
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