Map Skills Quiz

Map Skills

• Absolute Location: The exact position of a place.
• Cardinal Directions: The four main points on a compass (North, South, East, West).
• Continents: Large landmasses.
• Coordinate Grid System: A system using letters and numbers to label grid lines, making location easier.
• Eastern Hemisphere: The half of Earth east of the Prime Meridian.
• Equator: An imaginary horizontal line dividing the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
• Grid: Squares formed by lines on a map, aiding location identification.
• Intermediate Directions: Directions between the cardinal directions (e.g., northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast).
• Latitude: Lines running east and west around the Earth, measuring distances north or south of the equator.
• Location: The position of a place.
• Longitude: Vertical lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole, measuring distances east or west of the Prime Meridian.
• Meridians: Another name for lines of longitude.
• Northern Hemisphere: The half of Earth north of the equator.
• Parallels: Another name for lines of latitude.
• Prime Meridian: Divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
• Southern Hemisphere: The half of Earth south of the equator.
• Western Hemisphere: The half of Earth west of the Prime Meridian.