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Wofford Map Skills
2020 Map Skills and Geography Terms
Question | Answer |
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North, South, East, West | Cardinal Directions |
Are there intermediate hemispheres? | No |
A person who makes maps | Cartographer |
23 1/2 degrees South | Tropic of Capricorn |
0 degrees latitude | Equator |
0 degrees longitude | Prime Meridian |
90 degrees North | North Pole |
90 degrees South | South Pole |
Northeast, Southeast. Northwest, Southwest | Intermediate Directions |
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Southern | Oceans |
When you write down the location of a place, do you write down the latitude or longitude first? | Latitude |
Another name for latitude line | parallel |
Another name for longitude line | meridian |
23 1/2 degrees North | Tropic of Cancer |
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas of land | Isthmus |
The term for where a river ends | Mouth |
The term for where a river begins | Source |
A NARROW body of water that connects two larger bodies of water | Strait |
POINT of land that extends into a river, lake or ocean | Cape |
Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean surrounded on three sides by water. | Peninsula |
How many hemispheres are there? | Four |
The U.S. is located in the Northern and ________hemisphere | Western |
A group or chain of islands | Archipelago |
Are there intermediate hemispheres | No |
A small stream or river that flows into a large river or stream | Tributary |
Number of continents | Seven |
When writing down location do you write the latitude line first or the longitude line first | Latitude |