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Wofford Map Skills
2020 Map Skills and Geography Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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