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Grade 6 Map Components
                are anything that represents something else.
  1. Symbols
  2. Map key
  3. legends
  4. map scales
Grade 6 Map Components
Another name for parallels is
  1. longitude
  2. meridians
  3. latitude lines
  4. equator
Grade 6 Map Components
Maps can represent the following:
  1. the world
  2. countries
  3. cities
  4. bodies of water
  5. all of the above
Grade 6 Map Components
A globe is more accurate than a map because a globe can show
  1. the true shapes of continents and oceans.
  2. city streets.
  3. a distorted view of Earth.
  4. a particular region in great detail.
Grade 6 Map Components
Which is NOT a tool used my modern cartographers?
  1. computer-assisted mapping
  2. geographic information systems (GIS)
  3. digital satellite images
  4. globe
Grade 6 Map Components
What is the definition of degree?
  1. A city in China
  2. A measurement for lines of loatitude and longitude
  3. A bird
  4. A type of batting cage
Grade 6 Map Components
Planet Earth is divided into two halves called               .
  1. Latitudes
  2. Longitudes
  3. Hemispheres
  4. Semi-circles
Grade 6 Map Components
Which would a political map show?
  1. population density
  2. land features
  3. type of government
  4. country and state boundaries
Grade 6 Map Components
Which imaginary line is midway between the North and South Poles?
  1. Tropic of Cancer
  2. Equator
  3. Arctic Circle
  4. Tropic of Capricorn
Grade 6 Map Components
A flat map show Earth's curved surface by means of
  1. elevation.
  2. topography.
  3. relief.
  4. projection.
Grade 6 Map Components
These directions fall between the cardinal directions and include northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest
  1. absolute location
  2. intermediate directions
  3. cardinal directions
  4. relative location
Grade 6 Map Components
These directions include north, south, east and west.
  1. location
  2. intermediate directions
  3. cardinal directions
  4. relative location
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