1. Basic Geography Skills Study Guide
Name ________________
On a map, the color blue is used to indicate:
If I can show exactly where a place is using latitude and longitude, I am showing the:
A on a map usually indicates the location of a:
The Prime Meridian runs though which city in England: :
A three-dimensional representation of the Earth:
The study of earth and its people:
Label the cardinal and intermediate
directions on the __________ ________.
Which continents are completely south of the Equator?
How many hemispheres are there?
Labe; correctly using the map below:
______ Atlantic Ocean _______ Asia ________ Australia _____ Europe
_______ Antarctica _______ South America ________ Indian Ocean ______ North America
_______ Africa _______ Arctic Ocean ________ Pacific Ocean ________ Southern Ocean

2. Basic Geography Skills Study Guide
When land masses are out of proportion with each other, it is known as:
Name the imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern halves?
On a map, the tool above is known as a:
Name of Projection:
Use:
___ 5 Themes Notes – Page 1
___ Parts of a Map- Page 2
___ Geographic Grid – Page 3
___ Map Projections – Page 4
___ Types of Maps – Page 5
___ 7 Major Lines of Latitude/Hemispheres Notes – Page 6
___ Chapter 1 Vocabulary – Page 7
____ 5 Themes Chart – Page 8 (We did in class/cut & paste pics)
____ Chapter 1 HW – Page 9
_____DO I have a binder in Mrs. Black’s classroom to put these notes in on Wednesday?
Map Projections:
Basic Geography Skills Notes CHECKLIST! Do you have the following?