Maps and Map Reading
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- Q1lines that run from east to west but MEASURE north and south are calledlongitudemeridianslatitudeequator30s
- Q2lines that run from north to south but MEASURE east and west are calledlongitudelatitudeparallelsprime meridians30s
- Q3The line indicated as o degrees latitude isTropic of Capricornprime meridianequatorinternational date line30s
- Q4the line that runs through Greenwich England at o degrees longitude is...Tropic of Cancerequatorinternational date lineprime meridian30s
- Q5The type of map in which the Earth is stretched to fit a rectangle is....GnomonicMercatorConicPolyconic30s
- Q6lines that measure elevation on the map are called....contour linesparallelslongitudeslatitudes30s
- Q7the part of the map that indicates the distance between two points or featureslegendmap scalecompasscompass rose30s
- Q8N, S, E and W are called the __________________ directionsinter-cardinalordinalinter-ordinalcardinal30s
- Q9this indicates symbols used for various features or roads on a mapcompassindexlegendmap scale30s
- Q10contour lines that indicate depression are calledhatch markshyper marksbackslashesslash marks30s