How many cardinal directions are on a compass?
Answer4
The four cardinal directions are north, east, south and west.
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The basics
Which star helps travelers find north in the Northern Hemisphere?
AnswerPolaris
Polaris, the North Star, sits almost directly above Earth's North Pole.
Going deeper
The first circumnavigation of the globe (1519 to 1522) was an expedition begun under which explorer?
AnswerFerdinand Magellan
Magellan led the expedition but died on the way; Juan Sebastián Elcano completed the voyage.
On a topographic map, what does a contour line connect?
AnswerPoints of equal elevation
Each contour line joins points at the same height above sea level.
Which explorer's ship Endurance was crushed by Antarctic sea ice?
AnswerErnest Shackleton
Shackleton's Endurance was trapped and crushed by ice in the Weddell Sea in 1915.
Expert level
On a 1:50,000 scale map, 1 cm on the map equals how much on the ground?
Answer500 meters
1 cm times 50,000 is 50,000 cm, which equals 500 meters.
A magnetic compass needle's north end points toward what?
AnswerMagnetic north
Compasses point to magnetic north, which differs from true north by an angle called declination.
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