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MAP SKILLS DAY ONE CLASSWORK
DO NOT WRITE ON THIS SHEET- Please put your answers on your own notebook
paper which you will be turning in for a grade.
Pages FL 40 and 41
1. What is the tilt of the Earth’s axis in degrees?
2. What creates the seasons of the Earth?
3. List the 5 major lines of latitude in order from north to south.
4. What causes the seasons in the Summer Hemisphere to be the opposite of those in the Northern Hemisphere?
5. During what four days of the year do the Northern and Southern Hemispheres have almost equal hours of daylight
and darkness?
Pages FL 42-43
1. In your own words define and explain parallels of latitude and meridians of longitudes.
2. Which continents lie completely in the Northern Hemisphere?
3. Which continents lie completely in the Western Hemisphere?
4. Is there land or water at 20®S latitude and the Prime Meridian? Identify the land mass or body of water.
5. Is there land or water at the Equator and 60® W longitude? Identify the land mass or body of water.
Pages FL 44-45
1. What is distorted when looking at a same-shape map?
2. What do Mercator maps accurately display and what do they distort?
3. What feature is distorted in an equal area map?
4. A Robinson Map is a combination of what two other previously discussed maps?
5. Would you use a Mercator projection to find the exact distance between two locations? Explain why or why not.
Pages FL46 and 47
1. What part of a map will help you to understand what colors are used?
2. How can a Compass Rose be used to help find locations on a map?
3. How does the scale bar change depending on the scale of the map?
4. How can you quickly identify what the purpose of the map is (or what it is representing)?
5. Which map (on pg FL47) would be best for finding the location of the British Museum? Explain why.
Page FL 48
1. What do political maps show? Give three examples.
2. What do the colors on a political map represent?
3. What symbol shows a national border, a national capital, and a city? (does not have to be complete sentences but
draw and label each answer.
4. What is Angola’s capital city?
5. Dakar is the capital of what nation?
Pg FL 49
1. What do physical maps represent about a region?
2. What do the different colors on this map represent?
3. What is the range of elevation in the Congo Basin?
4. Which areas of Africa (list three) have the highest elevation?
5. How can you use relief to plan a hiking trip?
Pg FL 50
1. How are boundary lines in political maps different from those in climate maps?
2. Which two climates make up the most of India?
3. What part of a special purpose map tells you what the colors on the map mean?
4. Where are the arid regions located in India?
5. Are there major cities in the arid regions? If so, which ones?
Pg FL 51
1. What is an official language?
2. Which three languages are spoken the most in India?
3. List three countries on the map that boarder India.
4. What color represents the Malayalam language on this map?
5. Where in India is Tamil the official language?