Geography Terms I
Geography Words II
Contour
map skills
Lat/Long
100
The highest kind of land.
What is a mountain.
100
a hill of sand that is piled by the wind
What is dune
100
the lines or circles on a map that show elevation
What is contour lines
100
the part of the map that explains what symbols stand for
What is legend or map key
100
lines that run vertically and kiss at the poles
What is longitude lines
200
a piece of land that completely surrounded by water
What is island
200
a body of shallow water--can be found inside an atoll
What is lagoon
200
the direction that rivers always flow?
What is downhill
200
the part of the map that shows the cardinal and intermediate directions
What is compass rose
200
lines that run horizontally and don't like each other
What is latitude lines
300
a ring shaped island that is found in the ocean
What is an atoll
300
a narrow neck of land that connects two larger areas of land---Panama
What is an isthmus
300
the kind of landform that never crosses any contour lines
What is a lake
300
the part of the map that tell what the map is showing
What is title
300
the nickname for longitude lines
What is meridians
400
a group of islands
What is an archipelago
400
a flat area with steep sides--smaller than a mesa
What is butte
400
another name for a contour map
What is topographic map?
400
the kind of map that show cities, boundaries, highways...
What is political map
400
the nickname for latitude lines
What is parallels
500
a triangle shaped area found at the end of a river. This is where the river slows down and drops the dirt it was carrying when it was moving faster.
What is a delta
500
a point of land that juts into a body of water
What is a cape
500
at least 4 people who would use a contour map---be able to explain why if asked to do so
What is a pilot, ship/boat captain, hikers, builders, fisherman...
500
the kind of map that shows one particular piece of information
What is thematic map
500
the two major longitude lines
What is Prime Meridian and International Dateline
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