<p>Map Skills Study Guide</p><p>1. What are the 7 seven continents? Asia, Antarctica, Europe, South America, North America, Africa, Australia</p><p>2. Where are the continents located? </p><p>3. What are the 5 oceans? Southern, Indian, Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic</p><p>4. Where are the oceans located? See Above</p><p>5. What are the parts of the compass rose? 6. What are the cardinal directions? North, East, South, West</p><p>7. What are the intermediate directions? Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest</p><p>8. How do you convert years to century? Add 1 to the hundredth place and drop the ones and tens</p><p>9. How do you convert century to years? Subtract 1 from the hundredth place and add 2 zeroes</p><p>10. What direction do latitude lines run? East to West</p><p>11. What direction do latitude lines measure? North to South</p><p>12. What is the name of 0° latitude? Equator</p><p>13. What direction do longitude lines run? North to South</p><p>14. What direction do longitude lines measure? East to West</p><p>15. What is the name of 0° longitude? Prime Meridian</p><p>16. What are hemispheres? Half of the earth</p><p>17. What lines determine northern and southern hemisphere? Equator</p><p>18. What lines determine eastern and western hemisphere? Prime Meridian</p><p>19. Know how to find a location using latitude and longitude.</p><p>20. What do physical maps show? Mountains, seas, oceans, and other landforms</p><p>21. What do political maps show? States, countries, cities and boundaries</p><p>22. What does Absolute location show? The EXACT location</p><p>23. What does Relative location show? The location that is about or close to</p><p>24. Would you use Absolute location or Relative location to find latitude and longitude? Absolute</p><p>25. What is a map key? Area on the map used to identify symbols</p><p>26. What is the definition of distortion? Errors on a map</p><p>27. What is the purpose of scale? To find distance </p>