Map Skills

Question 1

What is another name for lines of latitude? Why are they called that? What direction do they run in?

Answer 1

Parallels
Because they run parallel to each other (i.e. equal distance from each other)
Direction: horizontal

Question 2

How are lines of latitude numbered?

Answer 2

0 degrees to 90 degrees North or South

Question 3

Equator is what line of latitude?

Answer 3

zero

Question 4

Tropic of Cancer is what line of latitude?

Answer 4

23.5 degrees North

Question 5

Arctic Circle is what line of latitude?

Answer 5

66.5 degrees North

Question 6

Antarctic Circle is what line of latitude?

Answer 6

66.5 degrees South

Question 7

South Pole is what line of latitude?

Answer 7

90 degrees South

Question 8

North Pole is what line of latitude?

Answer 8

90 degrees North

Question 9

Tropic of Capricorn is what line of latitude?

Answer 9

23.5 degrees South

Question 10

What is the zero degree line of latitude called?

Answer 10

Equator

Question 11

What is the 23.5 degrees North line of latitude called?

Answer 11

Tropic of Cancer

Question 12

What is the 66.5 degrees North line of latitude called?

Answer 12

Arctic Circle

Question 13

What is the 66.5 degrees South line of latitude called?

Answer 13

Antarctic Circle

Question 14

What is the 90 degrees North line of latitude called?

Answer 14

North Pole

Question 15

What is the 23.5 degrees South line of latitude called?

Answer 15

Tropic of Capricorn

Question 16

What is the 90 degrees South line of latitude called?

Answer 16

South Pole

Question 17

What is another name for lines of longitude? What direction do they run in?

Answer 17

Meridians
Direction: up/down or vertical

Question 18

How are lines of longitude numbered?

Answer 18

from 0 degress to 180 degrees West and East

Question 19

What is the main line of longitude? what is its degree of longitude?

Answer 19

Greenwich meridian or Prime meridian
Zero

Question 20

What divides the Northern hemisphere from the Southern hemisphere?

Answer 20

Equator

Question 21

What divides the Eastern hemisphere from the Western hemisphere?

Answer 21

Greenwhich Meridian

Question 22

How many hemispheres are there?

Answer 22

4 (north, south, west and east)

Question 23

What hemispheres does South Africa lie in?

Answer 23

Eastern and Southern?

Question 24

When stating the coordinates (grid reference) of a place on a map, which goes first?

Answer 24

latitude

Question 25

Which continent lies entirely in the western hemisphere?

Answer 25

South America (NOT North America. Isn't that interesting?)

Question 26

What does it mean if a model is scaled up?

Answer 26

the model is larger than the original

Question 27

What does it mean if a model is scaled down?

Answer 27

the model is smaller than original

Question 28

if an original is scaled up / down, the model will be ....... to the original

Answer 28

in proportion

Question 29

what is a small scale map?

Answer 29

a map where 1 cm represents a large piece of ground in the real world

Question 30

What does it mean "which map has a smaller scale" ?

Answer 30

which map has the most ground squeezed into 1 cm

Question 31

choose the correct words: On a larger map scale, I can see **more/less** land and **more/less** detail

Answer 31

On a larger map scale, I can see **less** land and **more** detail (larger scale --> zoomed in more)