Let’s Play Map Skills and Geographer’s Tools

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This part of a map tells what the symbols and colors mean.

What is map key or legend?

This tells how much distance is between

two places on a map.

What is map scale?

This tells the topic of the map.

What is the title?

This shows the cardinal and intermediate

directions on a map.

What is a compass rose?

Geographers use a _____ system to find absolute locations.

What is a grid or coordinate system?

The compass rose shows these intermediate directions.

What are NW, SW, NE, and SE?

This type of map is a tool to show the height

above sea level.

What is an elevation map?

Geographers use this as a starting point when measuring longitude lines.

What is Prime Meridian?

This is the name of the zone between

the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn?

What is the Tropical Zone?

These lines on a map run N and S but are measured

E and W.

What are longitude lines?

This is the city where the Prime

Meridian is located in England.

What is Greenwich?

These are found on the compass rose: N, S, E, W.

What are cardinal directions?

These latitudes are found between the

Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

What are the low latitudes?

“3155 Pate Road” is an example of what

type of location?

Absolute Location

Meet Sarah at the movies by the Waffle House.What type of

location?

What is relative location?

0 degrees latitude.

What is equator?

0 degrees longitude.

What is the Prime Meridian?

These lines are measured E or W

of the Prime Meridian.

What are longitude lines?

This is the measurement of the

Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of

Capricorn.

What is 23 ½ degrees?

Australia is in these two hemispheres.

What are southern and eastern

hemispheres?

All the lines of longitude cross at these two points.

What are the North and South

Poles?

Lines of latitude are this because they

never cross.

What is parallel?

The Mediterranean Sea is south of this

continent.

What is Europe?

Describe the Tropical zone’s

weather or climate.

What is warm, hot or temperate?

Name which cardinal direction you would need to

go in to go from Snellville, GA to Los

Angeles, CA.

What is West?

Name a continent that the equator runs through.

What is Africa, Asia or South

America?

Name one continent that the

Prime Meridian runs through.

What is Europe and/or Africa?

What type of map shows the cities,

countries and capitals?

What is a political map?

Name 3 features a physical map might

show.

What are mountains, rivers,

oceans, lakes, deserts, etc?

Name one way to remember

longitude lines run from N to S.

Longitude lines are long.

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Final Jeopardy Question:

Name one continent completely north of

the Equator?

Final Jeopardy Answer:

What is North America or

Europe?