Types of Maps 1
5 Themes of Geography
Long&Lat
Types of Maps 2
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100

This type of map shows roads and routes

What is a road map?

100

This theme of geography can be absolute or relative. 

What is location? 
100

The lines that run East to West on a globe 

What are lines of latitude? 

100

This type of map would who how high above sea level land is in different places. 

What is an elevation map?

100

This theme of geography would tell us what type of animals live in a place 

What is place? 

200

This type of map shows landforms such as, mountains, rivers, valleys and deserts. 

What is a physical map?

200

This theme of geography would tell you what area of the world a particular place was in. 

What is region? 

200

The lines that run north to south on a globe 

What are lines of longitude? 

200

A swimming pool that sits half in Nevada and half in California, with a line in the middle as a border would be featured on what type of map? 

What is a political map? 
200
You would use this type of map if you were planning a trip in a car 

What is a road map? 

300

This type of map shows natural and man made borders. 

What is a political map?

300

This theme of geography pertains to which imports and exports are coming and going from a location. 

What is movement? 

300

This imaginary line separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres 

What is the Equator? 

300

If you were going to open a business, you would consult this type of map to make sure you have enough people to come to your business. 

What is a population map? 

300

This theme of geography would focus on how people come and go from a particular place 

What is movement? 

400

This type of map would show natural gas, coal and oil. 

What is a resource map?

400

This theme of geography tells about the natural characteristics of a location. 

What is place? 

400

This imaginary line separates the Eastern and Western hemispheres 

What is the Prime Meridian? 

400

This type of map shows weather patterns over a long period of time in areas. 

What is a climate map? 

400

This is the term we use when describing "Half the Earth" 

What is hemisphere? 

500

This type of map would show how many people live in a certain area. 

What is a population map?

500

This theme of geography focuses on how people use and harm the environment. 

What is Human-Environment Interaction? 

500

An exact location listed in degrees North, South, East or West would be called 

What are coordinates? 

500

Agriculture and farming locations would be featured on this type of map. 

What is a resource map? 

500

Maps, longitude, latitude and location all fall under these category of social studies 

What is Geography? 

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