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Map Skills

Brush up on your map skills with this comprehensive review. Learn about continents, oceans, prime meridian, equator, hemispheres, and more. Practice locating countries, states, and important latitudes.

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Map Skills

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  1. Map Skills • Essential Question: What basic map skills should I know? • Vocabulary Atlas

  2. Vocabulary • Atlas Book of maps used for a quick reference

  3. Map Skills Review • Locate the following: • Continents (Map 1) • Oceans (Map 1) • Prime meridian (Map 2) • Equator (Map 2) • Hemispheres (Map 2)

  4. Map Skills Review • Locate the following: • United States (Map 1) • North Carolina (Map 1) • Tropic of Cancer (Map 2) • Tropic of Capricorn (Map 2)

  5. Intermediate Directions • Draw the compass and label the intermediate directions (Map 2)

  6. Parallels of Latitude • Imaginary lines run east and west on globe • Equator longest line of latitude • Divides earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres • Measures 0 degrees

  7. Meridians of Longitude • Imaginary lines run north and south • Determines time zones • 24 time zones • International Date Line on 180th meridian • Where new calendar day begins

  8. Prime Meridian • Prime meridian longest line of longitude • Divides earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres • Measures 0 degrees • Runs through Greenwich, in London, England

  9. Tropical Latitudes • Temperatures hot all year • Tropic of Cancer • Northern boundary • 23.5 degrees N • Tropic of Capricorn • Southern boundary • 23.5 degrees S

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