Map+Scavenger+Hunt

MAP SCAVENGER HUNT Go to this link to get to the online scavenger hunt: [] Check your map skills by "scavenging" through the Internet (World Wide Web). Before you begin the hunt, print this page if you didn't get one in class and write your answers on the page. After reading each question, click on the highlighted link to find the answer. Write the answer you have found below each question on your printed sheet.

1. Use [|this link] to answer the quesitons below: What is the area of Africa in square miles? __What is the major biome of Central America__?_ __What is the population of South America?__

__ 2. Click on each continent to find out which is the [|largest]? __ __[|Smallest]?__ _

3. By looking at the map, tell which continent is [|surrounded by water.] (Hint: One continent may have an additional name.)

4. Tell which [|three states]border the western United States.

5. Find the list of [|Map Symbols and Colors].

What color are rivers? What color are roads? What does the color red represent

6. [|Watch this video] that tells about lines of latitude and longitude. Then answer the questions below: Lines of latitude are also known as _ Lines of longitude are also know as_ The line that measures 0 degrees longitude is the The line that measures 0 degrees latitude is the

__ 7. __ [|Play this game]. As you play look for and write down the latitude and longitude locations for: Miami, Florida __ Atlanta, Georgia ___