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Map Quiz
Map skills
15
Social Studies
5th Grade
09/22/2012

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Term
How many Hemispheres does the earth have?
Definition
4
Term
What is the Hemisphere nearest the SSouth pole?
Definition
Eastern Hemisphere
Term
What line divides the Eastern and Western Hemisphere?
Definition
Prime Meridian
Term
Name the continents in the Northen Hemisphere?
Definition
  1. Africa
  2. Europe
  3. Asia
  4. North America
Term
Name the Continents in the Southern Hemisphere?
Definition
  1. Australia
  2. South America
  3. Africa
Term
Name the continents in the Eastern Hemisphere?
Definition
  1. Europe
  2. Asia
  3. Africa
  4. Australia
  5. Antarctica 
Term
Name the continents in the Western hemisphere?
Definition
  1. North America
  2. South America
  3. Antarctica 
Term
0 degrees latitude is called?
Definition
Equator
Term
Lines of Latitude are called?
Definition
Parallels
Term
Parallels run in which directions?
Definition
east and west
Term
The latitude of the North Pole is?
Definition

90 degrees North

90 N

Term
Lines of latitude above the equator are which direction?
Definition
North
Term
Below the equator, the parallels are which direction?
Definition
South
Term
What are the cardinal directions?
Definition
  1. North
  2. East
  3. South
  4. West
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