Extra Questions for class 6 SST Chapter 1 Locating Places on the earth Question 1: Name the four cardinal directions. Answer North, East, West and South Question 2: What is an atlas? Answer An atlas is a book or collection of maps. Question 3: What is the Equator? Answer The Equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, equidistant from the North and South Poles. Question 4: What is a pole? Answer The two ends of the axis are called poles. Question 5: What is the axis? The axis is the imaginary line about which the earth rotates once in 24 hours.
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