1. Map Skills Essential Question: What basic map skills should I know? Vocabulary Atlas

2. Vocabulary Atlas Book of maps used for a quick reference

3. Map Skills Review Locate the following: –Continents (Map 1) –Oceans (Map 1) –Prime meridian (Map 2) –Equator (Map 2) –Hemispheres (Map 2)

4. Map Skills Review Locate the following : –United States (Map 1) –North Carolina (Map 1) –Tropic of Cancer (Map 2) –Tropic of Capricorn (Map 2)

5. Intermediate Directions Draw the compass and label the intermediate directions (Map 2)

6. Parallels of Latitude Imaginary lines run east and west on globe Equator longest line of latitude –Divides earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres –Measures 0 degrees

7. Meridians of Longitude Imaginary lines run north and south Determines time zones –24 time zones International Date Line on 180 th meridian –Where new calendar day begins

8. Prime Meridian Prime meridian longest line of longitude –Divides earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres –Measures 0 degrees –Runs through Greenwich, in London, England

9. Tropical Latitudes Temperatures hot all year Tropic of Cancer –Northern boundary –23.5 degrees N Tropic of Capricorn –Southern boundary –23.5 degrees S