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All about Maps

  • Game Code: 2051120
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    jcrw6
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  • What is the study of maps and map making called? It starts with a 'c'.
    cartography
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  • Maps help us to l_ _ _ _ _ the position of something (like a hidden treasure!).
    locate
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  • a circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart
    A compass rose
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  • A map _______________ tells what each symbol on the map represents.
    legend
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  • Does True North or Magnetic North show the direction to the North Pole?
    True North. (Magnetic North is the direction that the needle on the compass points to.)
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  • What are used to represent different things on maps?
    symbols
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  • Who made the first maps?
    Babylonians
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  • According to the earliest Greek maps, how many continents were there?
    3 (Asia, Europe, and Libya)
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  • What are meridians?
    longitudes
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  • The Mapa Mundi (1047) shows what city at the center of the world?
    Jerusalem
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  • When was America first shown clearly on a map?
    1500
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  • When was the first atlas (a book of maps) published?
    16th century
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