Flashcards on Introduction to Geography: Maps and Africa
Introduction to Geography: Maps, Compass, and Africa Explained
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Geography of Africa and Map Skills
27 cards
Card 1
Question: What is a map?
Answer: A picture of an area of the Earth.
Card 2
Question: What is a globe?
Answer: A map displayed on a round surface to represent the Earth.
Card 3
Question: What does the Equator do?
Answer: An imaginary line that divides the Earth into a northern and southern hemisphere.
Card 4
Question: What is a hemisphere?
Answer: Half of the Earth or half of a sphere.
Card 5
Question: What is the Southern Hemisphere?
Answer: Everything below the equator line.
Card 6
Question: What is the Northern Hemisphere?
Answer: Everything above the equator line.
Card 7
Question: What is the Earth's axis?
Answer: An imaginary line going from the North Pole to the South Pole through the centre of the Earth.
Card 8
Question: What are the North Pole and South Pole?
Answer: The North Pole is the furthest north you can go; the South Pole is the furthest south you can go.
Card 9
Question: What is a compass?
Answer: An instrument used to find direction; it has a needle that always points to magnetic north.
Card 10
Question: What is a compass rose on a map?
Answer: A symbol on a map that shows how the map lines up with real directions.