Vocabulary
Vocabulary and Matching
Maps
Review
Challenge
100
in the countryside where there is plenty of open space
What is rural?
100
in a large city where there are museums and apartment buldings
What is urban?
100
This type of map only shows borders or boundaries.
What is a political map?
100
If a map scale measures 1 inch per 1,000 feet, three inches would show this.
What is 3,000 feet?
100
This is exactly where you are located on a map.
What is absolute location?
200
where something needed can be found
What is location?
200
the part of a map that stands for something
What is a map key?
200
This is when the shape or size of a map looks different than another type of map
What is distortion?
200
This imaginary line runs around the Earth in the middle at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the equator?
200
This is where you are located in relation to other places on a map.
What is relative location?
300
an area with common features that set it apart from other places
What is a region?
300
what has the biggest effect on where people form a community: buildings, culture, natural resources, or festivals
What is natural resources?
300
This country is located north of the United States.
What is Canada?
300
This imaginary line goes around the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole and back around again.
What is the Prime Meridian?
300
This highway goes through Meriden.
What is K-4 highway?
400
imaginary lines that circle Earth, in degrees north and south
What is latitude?
400
If a person enjoys surfing, where would they most likely want to live?
What is a beach or ocean.
400
This country is located south of the United States.
What is Mexico?
400
Meriden is this type of community.
What is a rural community?
400
These make communities safe.
What are laws?
500
near a large city
What is suburban?
500
This type of map shows elevation.
What is a physical map
500
This is the part of a map that measures distance between two places.
What is a map scale?
500
Kansas City is this type of community.
What is an urban community?
500
This is the day we take the Social Studies test over chapter 1.
When is Friday?
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