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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