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  • What type of directions are Northwest, Southwest, Southeast and Northeast?
    intermediate directions
  • What continent is number 1?
    North America
  • If every 1 inch on a map represents 50 miles and you travel 3 inches on the map how many miles do you travel in real life?
    150 Miles
  • What continent is number 4?
    Europe
  • To get from Florida to Tennessee, what direction must you travel?
    NorthWest
  • You measured this map scale as 1 inch. What does this mean?
    Every 1 inch on the map represents 250 miles in distance on land
  • Has Ohio always had the same landforms it has today?
    No, Ohio was once covered in glaciers and did not have the lake erie yet
  • What does population mean?
    The number of species in a specific area
  • What is the purpose of a map scale?
    To show how much distance on the map represents on land
  • If 1 inch is 100 miles, how far is 3 inches?
    300 miles
  • If you travel 10 inches on a map and each inch represents 2 miles in real life how many miles did you travel?
    20 Miles
  • If 1 inch is 100 miles, how far is 1 and 1/2 inches?
    150 miles
  • Map symbols are used to identify?
    real objects
  • What ocean is number 2?
    Atlantic
  • What ocean is number 3?
    Indian
  • What ocean is number 1?
    Pacific
  • Look at the map below. People traveling from Dallas to Houston must travel what direction
    South or South East
  • What is the relative direction you would travel in if you leave Ohio and go to Florida?
    South
  • What is the relative direction you would travel in if you leave Ohio and go to California
    Southwest
  • What ocean is number 5?
    Southern
  • What ocean is number 4?
    Artic
  • If there are three inches between Columbus and Dayton and each inch on the map is 100 miles in real life how many miles would you need to travel?
    300
  • What continent is number 2?
    South America
  • What part of the map is the arrow pointing to?
    map scale
  • What continent is number 5?
    Africa