6th Grade – Tools of a Geographer
Map Titles and Symbols – pp. 14-15
Question
1. Which map component tells us the subject of the
map?
Answer
2. Which map component tells us pieces of information
we can learn from the map? (two possible answers)
3.
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5.
6.
What map component indicates direction?
What are the cardinal directions?
What are the intermediate directions?
Why is a map grid helpful?
Latitude and Longitude – pp. 16-17
Question
1. What are the lines that circle the Earth called AND
why are they called this?
2. In what direction do parallels circle the Earth?
3. What is the importance of the equator?
Answer
4. What are the lines that run from the North Pole to
the South Pole called?
5. What is the importance of the prime meridian?
6. Where do we begin and end the measuring of
parallels of latitude?
7. Where do we begin and end the measuring of
meridians of longitude?
Map Scale – p.18
Question
1. What does map scale tell us?
Answer
Hemispheres, Continents, and Oceans – p. 19
Question
1. How many continents are there and what are
their names?
2. How many oceans are there and what are their
Answer
6th Grade – Tools of a Geographer
names?
Earth and the Sun – pp. 20-21
Question
1. Why is North America in sunlight only half of the
time AND what causes this?
Answer
2. How long does it take for the Earth to make one
rotation?
3. Besides rotation, how else does the Earth move?
4. How long does it take the Earth to complete one
revolution?
5. Why do the sun’s rays NOT shine equally on the
northern and southern hemisphere throughout
the year?
6. On what date do the sun’s rays shine straight
down on the Tropic of Cancer? What is significant
about this date in the Northern Hemisphere?
7. What is significant about June 21 and 22 in the
Southern Hemisphere?
8. What causes seasons to occur?
Understanding Map Projections – pp. 22-23
Question
1. What are challenges of using a globe?
2. What happens when you try to represent the
surface of a globe on a flat map?
Answer