Name ____________________________________

Maps and Globes Test Geography 2.13: Compare how maps and globes depict geographical information in

different ways. Geography 2.14: Construct a globe depicting the four hemispheres, seven continents, and

five oceans using the equator and prime meridian. Geography 2.15: Create a map depicting the current boundaries of the United States,

Canada, and Mexico and recognize they are part of the North American continent. Geography 2.16: Utilize legends, cardinal directions, and grids to determine locations on

different types of maps.

1. What is a map? ________________________________________________

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2. How are a map and globe different? ____________________________

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3. – 7. Label the directions on the compass rose.

Fill in the blanks with a geography vocabulary word.

oceans sphere or

ball North

America northern continents

Canada southern prime

meridian flat equator

8. The large bodies of water on a globe are ______________________.

9. The line that divides the northern and southern hemispheres

and is in the middle of a globe is called the _____________________.

10. A globe has the shape of a _____________________________________. 11. The country to the North of the United States is ______________. 12. The large areas of land on a globe are _________________________. 13. The area below the equator is the ______________________________

hemisphere. 14. The United States, Mexico, and Canada are on the continent of ________________________________________________________________. 15. The line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres is

the ________________________________________________________________. 16. A map is a picture of land and water that is ___________________. 17. The area above the equator is the _____________________________

hemisphere.

18. Divide the world map into Northern and Southern hemispheres.

19. Divide the world map into Eastern and Western hemispheres.

20. Color the continents green and oceans blue.

21. Draw the borders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

Color the grid boxes by the directions below.

A B C D 1 2 3 4

22. Color the box C4 red. 23. Color the box D1 yellow. 24. Color the box B3 green. 25. Color the box A1 blue.