Map Skills
Brush up on your map skills with this comprehensive review. Learn about continents, oceans, prime meridian, equator, hemispheres, and more. Practice locating countries, states, and important latitudes.
Map Skills
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Map Skills • Essential Question: What basic map skills should I know? • Vocabulary Atlas
Vocabulary • Atlas Book of maps used for a quick reference
Map Skills Review • Locate the following: • Continents (Map 1) • Oceans (Map 1) • Prime meridian (Map 2) • Equator (Map 2) • Hemispheres (Map 2)
Map Skills Review • Locate the following: • United States (Map 1) • North Carolina (Map 1) • Tropic of Cancer (Map 2) • Tropic of Capricorn (Map 2)
Intermediate Directions • Draw the compass and label the intermediate directions (Map 2)
Parallels of Latitude • Imaginary lines run east and west on globe • Equator longest line of latitude • Divides earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres • Measures 0 degrees
Meridians of Longitude • Imaginary lines run north and south • Determines time zones • 24 time zones • International Date Line on 180th meridian • Where new calendar day begins
Prime Meridian • Prime meridian longest line of longitude • Divides earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres • Measures 0 degrees • Runs through Greenwich, in London, England
Tropical Latitudes • Temperatures hot all year • Tropic of Cancer • Northern boundary • 23.5 degrees N • Tropic of Capricorn • Southern boundary • 23.5 degrees S