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6th SS part 2
Question or Hint
Answer or Word
- What is the difference between a general purpose map and a thematic map? General purpose maps show multiple types of information, while thematic maps focus on one main purpose (wrong answers: General purpose maps are bigger than thematic maps, Thematic maps are more accurate than general purpose maps, General purpose maps can only be digital)
- What are the essential components of a map? Title, key, scale bar, and compass rose (wrong answers: Only latitude and longitude lines, Only boundaries and city names, Only landforms and water bodies)
- What divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres? The Equator (wrong answers: The International Date Line, Lines of longitude, The Prime Meridian)
- Why is a globe considered the most accurate representation of Earth? Because it's a sphere, like Earth (wrong answers: Because it's easy to carry, Because it shows more detail, Because it has more colors)
- Which type of lines are horizontal and parallel on Earth? Lines of latitude (wrong answers: Lines of longitude, The Prime Meridian, The International Date Line)
- What is a landscape in geographic terms? A portion of Earth's surface viewable from one location at one time (wrong answers: A painting of natural scenery, A photograph of mountains and valleys, A map showing different elevations)
- What are the five themes of geography? Location, place, region, human-environment interaction, and movement (wrong answers: Space, place, region, interaction, and direction, Maps, globes, regions, location, and movement, Climate, landforms, people, places, and regions)
