Map Skills

1. Map Skills Compass Rose

2. Vocabulary Words • A map is a flat drawing of all or parts of the Earth.

3. Vocabulary Words • A globe is a model of the earth in the shape of a ball.

4. Vocabulary Words • A compass rose is a symbol that helps someone find directions on a map

5. Vocabulary Words • North, South, East, and West are the four cardinal directions on the compass rose.

6. Use the compass to answer the following questions. North America is west of Europe? North America West Asia Europe Africa South America Australia Antarctica

7. Use the compass to answer the following questions. Which continent is South of Africa? North America Asia Europe Africa South America South Australia Antarctica

8. Use the compass to answer the following questions. The Arctic Ocean is north of the Indian Ocean. Arctic Ocean No rt h North America Asia Europe AtlanticOcean PacificOcean PacificOcean Africa IndianOcean South America Australia Antarctica

9. Use the compass to answer the following questions. Which ocean is east of Asia? Arctic Ocean North America East Asia Europe AtlanticOcean PacificOcean PacificOcean Africa IndianOcean South America Australia Antarctica

10. Vocabulary Words • Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest are the four intermediate directions on the compass rose. NW NE SW SE

11. Use the compass to answer the following questions. South America is southwest of Europe? North America Asia Europe Southwest Africa South America Australia Antarctica

12. Use the compass to answer the following questions. Which ocean is northwest of Australia? Arctic Ocean North America Asia Europe AtlanticOcean PacificOcean PacificOcean Africa IndianOcean South America Northwest Australia Antarctica

13. Use the compass to answer the following questions. Australia is southeast of Europe? North America Asia Europe Africa Southeast South America Australia Antarctica

14. Use the compass to answer the following questions. Which continent is northeast of Africa? North America Asia Europe Northeast Africa South America Australia Antarctica

15. Arctic Ocean Asia North America Europe AtlanticOcean PacificOcean Africa IndianOcean South America PacificOcean Australia Antarctica

16. Map Skills Longitude and Latitude

17. Vocabulary Words • Maps and globes contain two sets of lines that form a grid around the earth.

18. Vocabulary Words • Horizontal lines that run parallel around the earth are called latitude lines.

19. Vocabulary Words • The 0 line of latitude is called the equator.

20. Vocabulary Words • The area north of the Equator is called the Northern Hemisphere. Northern Hemisphere

21. The Northern Hemisphere • The lines in the Northern Hemisphere begins at 0 and ends at 90⁰N.

22. Vocabulary Words • The area south of the Equator is called the Southern Hemisphere. Southern Hemisphere

23. The Southern Hemisphere • The lines in the Southern Hemisphere begins at 0 and ends at 90⁰S.

24. Vocabulary Words • The second set of lines that run around the earth are called longitude lines.

25. Vocabulary Words • The 0 line of longitude is called the prime meridian.

26. Vocabulary Words • The area west of the prime meridian is called the Western Hemisphere. WesternHemisphere

27. The Western Hemisphere • The lines in the Western Hemisphere begins at 0 and ends at 180⁰W.

28. Vocabulary Words • The area east of the prime meridian is called the Eastern Hemisphere. Eastern Hemisphere

29. The Eastern Hemisphere • The lines in the Eastern Hemisphere begins at 0 and ends at 180⁰E.

30. Using a Grid • This grid is used to find locations on a map or globe.

31. Map Practice Which continent is located at 40⁰N, 80 ⁰W? NorthAmerica

32. Map Practice What is the location of the star on the map below? 40⁰E 10⁰S