Places on a Map
Your Locations
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Trivia
100

What are the "flat" lines called?

lines of latitude

100

What is the name of the city that you live in?

Seattle

100
What is a drawing of the Earth called?
Map
100

The opposite of south is...

north

100

What two letters stand for Washington?

WA

200

The equator is a line of _______

latitude

200

The state that you live in is called..

Washington

200
What is the symbol on a map that shows directions?
Compass rose
200

NE stands for...

Northeast

200

Name the four cardinal directions

north, south, east, and west 

300

The prime meridian is a line of ________

longitude

300
What is the name of the country that you live in?
United States
300

Lines of _______ split the earth into eastern and western hemispheres 

longitude 

300

SW stands for...

Southwest


300

The U.S. is our _______ and North America is our _______

country, continent 

400

North America is in the ______ hemisphere 

Northeast 

400
What is the name of the continent that you live on?
North America
400
What is the part of the map called that shows you what symbols mean?
Map Key
400

North, south, east and west are _______ directions

Cardinal 

400

Name the 4 intermediate directions

Northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest 

500
What is a 3D way of looking at a map of the world?
using a globe
500

The COUNTY you live in is..

King

500

Northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest are _______ directions. 

intermediate

500
What is the study of the Earth and the places you live called?
Geography
500

Name one difference in a globe and a map

-A globe is 3D and a map is flat

-Globes show the entire earth while maps can be of the world, a single continent, a country, or even of a city 

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