Parts of a Map
Continents
Oceans
Landforms
Bodies of Water
100
What gives directions on the map key?
Compass Rose
100
What is the continent we live on?
North America
100
What is a large body of salt water called on the Earth?
Ocean
100
What is the shape of land called?
landforms
100
What are the largest bodies of water called?
Oceans
200
What directions are on the compass rose?
North, South, East, West
200
What do you call the seven largest bodies of land on Earth.
What are the continents?
200
How many oceans are on Earth?
Five: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic Oceans
200
What are the highest kind of landforms?
mountains
200
What is a landform with water all around it?
Island
300
A drawing of what places look like and where they are located.
What is a map?
300
Which continent is located in the southern part of the world?
Antarctica
300
Which ocean is located east of North America?
Atlantic Ocean
300
What is the lower land called between mountains and hills?
Valleys
300
What is a fresh body of water flowing down mountains or across land?
River
400
A list of the shapes and symbols used on a map and what each stands for.
What is a map key?
400
Which one continent is also a country?
Australia
400
Which ocean is located west of North America?
Pacific Ocean
400
What are large flat parts of the Earth?
Plains
400
What is a body of still water with land all around it?
Lake
500
The line(s) on a map that separate two countries or two states.
What is a border?
500
Which continent is located east of North America?
Europe or Africa
500
Which ocean is located north of Europe?
Arctic Ocean
500
What do you call the dry areas of land that contain very little vegetation.
Desert
500
What do you call fresh water that flows into a river?
What are: stream, creek, brook
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