Geography Jeopardy
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- What is the small drawing on a map that can help you find directions?
- a compass rose
- What are the intermediate directions?
- northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest
- What stands for or represents something else on a map?
- a symbol
- What gives the meaning of each symbol used on a map?
- the map key
- What shows the size difference between distances on a map and the real distances?
- map scale
- What is the small map or globe set onto another map that shows where the larger map is located?
- locator
- What is the round object or sphere that is a small copy of our earth?
- globe
- What are the Earth's largest bodies of water called?
- oceans
- What is the word for half of a globe or sphere?
- hemisphere
- What are the four hemispheres?
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the Northern Hemisphere,
the Southern Hemisphere,
the Eastern Hemisphere, and
the Western Hemisphere - What is the imaginary line that lies halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole?
- the equator
- What are the cardinal directions?
- north, east, south, and west