Geography 9/4
Prime meridian
0 degrees longitude is called the ______.
Scale
Distance on a map is measured in __________.
Hemisphere
Half of the earth is called ______.
Legend
Map symbols are shown in a box called _______.
True
True or false? Another word for the height of a place is elevation.
True
True or false? Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain.
True
True or false? North America is located in the northwestern hemisphere of the world.
False
True or false? You use an elevation map to find out how many miles it is from one place to another.
Mount McKinley
What is the highest mountain in North America?
Mt. Aconcagua
What is the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere?
0 degrees
What is the latitude of the equator?
A compass rose
What is the name of the symbol with four arrows pointing in different directions?
Physical
What kind of map shows NATURAL FEATURES of the land?
Coordinates
Where do lines of latitude and longitude cross?
North and south poles
Where do lines of longitude meet?
Europe
Where is Mont Blanc?
Asia
Where is Mount Everest?
Africa
Where is Mount Kilimanjaro?
South America
Where is mount Aconcagua?
Russia
Where is mount Elbrus?
North America
Where is mount McKinley?
