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The student will develop map skills by a) positioning and labeling the seven continents and five oceans to create a world map. B) using the equator and Prime Meridian to identify the four hemispheres.

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The student will develop map skills by a) positioning and labeling the seven continents and five oceans to create a world map. B) using the equator and Prime Meridian to identify the four hemispheres.

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Maps Study Guide


VA SOL 3.5 The student will develop map skills by
a) positioning and labeling the seven continents and five oceans to create a world map;
b) using the equator and prime meridian to identify the four hemispheres;
e) locating specific places on a simple letter-number grid system.
Directions: Fold study guide in half. Ask the question on the left. Check by turning the page
over to look at the answers on the back. (This guide can be used alone or with a partner.)

*Please remember this is a guide and the test may ask questions that are not on this
guide.*

Questions
1. How many continents are there?
2. How many oceans are there?

Answers
1. There are seven continents.
2. There are five oceans.

3. Name the continents.

3. The continents are Australia,


Africa, South America, North
America, Asia, Europe, and
Antarctica.
4. The oceans are Pacific, Atlantic,
Indian, Arctic, and Southern.
5. A model of the earth is a globe.

4. Name the oceans.


5. What do we call a model of the
earth?
6. The four main directions are
called the ______________
________________.
7. What are the cardinal directions?
8. What is a compass rose?
9. What is the imaginary line that
goes around the middle of the earth
and is the line of 0 degrees latitude?
10. What is the imaginary line that
goes around the middle of the earth
and is the line of 0 degrees
longitude?
11. What is a hemisphere?
12. Describe the Northern
Hemisphere.
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6. The four main directions are the


cardinal directions.
7. The cardinal directions are north,
south, east, and west.
8. A compass rose is the symbol on
a map that helps you find the
cardinal directions.
9. The equator is an imaginary line
that goes around the middle of earth
with a 0 degrees line of latitude.
10. The Prime Meridian is an
imaginary line that goes around
earth with a 0 degrees line of
longitude.
11. A hemisphere is half of a globe
created by the Prime Meridian or the
equator.
12. All the land and water north of
the equator is the northern

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hemisphere.
13. Describe the Southern
13. All the land and water south of
Hemisphere.
the equator is the southern
hemisphere.
14. Describe the Eastern
14. All the land and water East of
Hemisphere.
the Prime Meridian is the eastern
hemisphere.
15. Describe the Western
15. All the land and water West of
Hemisphere.
the Prime Meridian is the western
hemisphere.
16. What are regions?
16. Regions are places that have
common characteristics. (examples:
mountains, plains, shores/coasts)
17. In which hemispheres are the
17. The United States is in the North
United States?
and Western Hemispheres
(Northwestern Hemisphere).
18. What are the symbols on the
18. The symbols on a map are called
map called?
the map key or legend.
19. How do you read a letter number 19. When reading a letter number
grid system?
grid, look at the bottom first. Then go
over and then up (Think: You have to
dribble before you shoot!).
Be able to label a map of the world with the names of the
continents, oceans, equator, prime meridian, northern hemisphere,
southern hemisphere, eastern hemisphere, and western
hemisphere.

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