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Map and Globe Review

Map and Globe Review. What is a round model of the Earth called?. Answer: a globe. Name the four cardinal directions. Answer: North, South, East and West. What is the imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres called?. Answer: the equator. Name the 7 continents.

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Map and Globe Review

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  1. Map and Globe Review

  2. What is a round model of the Earth called? Answer: a globe

  3. Name the four cardinal directions. Answer: North, South, East and West

  4. What is the imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres called? Answer: the equator

  5. Name the 7 continents • Answer: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica and Africa

  6. Name the four oceans. • Answer: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Arctic Ocean

  7. Which 2 hemispheres does the prime meridian divide the Earth into? Answer: Eastern and Western Hemispheres

  8. What is half a sphere called? Answer: a hemisphere

  9. One of the Earth’s seven great bodies of land is called a ____________. Answer: continent

  10. What is the imaginary line that separates the eastern and western hemispheres called? Answer: Prime Meridian

  11. Which map shows information such as cities, capitals, states, and countries? Answer: Political Map

  12. Which map shows information about past events and where they occurred? Answer: Historical Map

  13. Which map shows natural features of the Earth? Answer: Physical Map

  14. What shows the relationship between distances on a map and actual distances? Answer: scale

  15. What explains what each symbol on a map stands for? (It goes by two names.) Answer: Map Key or Legend

  16. A picture of the Earth’s surface that shows the distance, direction, and size of a place is called a ____________. Answer: map

  17. A person who makes map is called a ___________. Answer: Cartographer

  18. Bonus: What hemispheres do we live in? Answer: Northern and Western Hemisphere

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