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

• Answer: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica and Africa

Name the four oceans.

• Answer: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Arctic Ocean

Which 2 hemispheres does the prime meridian

divide the earth into?

Answer: Eastern and Western Hemispheres

What is half a sphere called?

Answer: a hemisphere

One of the Earth’s seven great bodies of land is called a

____________.

Answer: continent

What is the imaginary line that separates the eastern and western

hemispheres called?

Answer: Prime Meridian

Which map shows information such as cities, capitals, states, and

countries?

Answer: Political Map

Which map shows information about past events and where they

occurred?

Answer: Historical Map

Which map shows natural features of the Earth?

Answer: Physical Map

What shows the relationship between distances on a map and

actual distances?

Answer: scale

What explains what each symbol on a map stands for? (It goes by two

names.)

Answer: Map Key or Legend

A picture of the Earth’s surface that shows the distance, direction, and size

of a place is called a ____________.

Answer: map

A person who makes map is called a ___________.

Answer: Cartographer

Bonus: What hemispheres do we live

in?

Answer: Northern and Western Hemisphere