Welcome
to the
Map Skills
Test Review Game!
What is the name of the imaginary line
that divides Earth into the Northern
and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
What are the names of the 4
hemispheres of the Earth?
Is the Tropic of Cancer north or
south of the equator?
North
Name the four oceans of Earth
according to size largest to
smallest.
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
What is the northernmost point in
the world called?
North Pole
90 degrees
N latitude
What are the names of the 7
continents?
North America
South America
Africa
Europe
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
Is the Arctic Circle north or south
of the equator?
North
Place the four cardinal
directions on a compass
rose
NORTH
WEST
EAST
SOUTH
What happens when
we show the earth on
a flat map?
The projection of the
landmasses is
distorted
Name different
types of maps
Physical, Political, vegetation, street,
satellite
A.D. means…
Anno Domini
“In the Year of our
Lord”
Difference between
absolute and relative
location?
Absolute is EXACT
location
How do we express
absolute location?
Latitude and
longitude
What continents
does the Prime
Meridian run thru?
Europe, Africa and
Antarctica
Which continent
would you be on if
you traveled to 15 S
latitude, 60 W
longitude?
South
America
180 longitude
International
Date Line
Directions of latitude
North, south
Directions of
longitude
East, west
What is a gazeteer?
Geographical
dictionary
What shape is the earth?
sphere
Which lines are
parallel?
latitude
Another name for
longitude lines
meridians
Which comes first, latitude or
longitude?
Latitude
Which letter is closest to
when Jesus was born?
Z
What letter is
closet to 12,000
BC?
U
40 N latitude and
20 E longitude
puts you in which
2 hemispheres?
Northern, Eastern
Which city could
be 20 S latitude
40 W longitude?
Rio de
Janiero
If it is summer in
Melbourne, what
season is it in
Detroit?
winter
Summer in
Rio de
Janeiro,
season in Dar
es Salaan?
summer
Is there ever a Year
“0” on a timeline?
NO !
If there is no B.C. or A.D
given, what do you
assume?
The year is A.D.Goes BEFORE the
Date
What is the LARGEST
measure of timedecade
year
century
millennium ?
millennium
Study
for
the
Test!