Map Features
LATITUDE & LONGITUDE
Rivers
Map Features 2
Georgia Bonus!
100
Explains the symbols on a map
What is a map key or map legend?
100
These lines run east to west but measure north and south of the Equator.
What are latitude lines?
100
The longest river in the United States of America.
What is the Mississippi River?
100
The 4 main directions
What are North, South, East, and West
100
This map is a picture of ____________
What is Georgia?
200
The Words on a map that tells the subject of a map
What is a map title?
200
These lines run north to south but measure east and west of the Prime Meridian.
What are longitude lines?
200
This river forms part of the border between Texas and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande River?
200
The name of the direction between North and West
What is Northwest?
200
What is the capital city of Georgia?
What is Atlanta?
300
The symbol that shows the directions on a map
What is a compass rose?
300
The imaginary line around the middle of Earth is called this.
What is the Equator?
300
This famous river flows through New York and empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Hudson River?
300
What is the symbol for the capital of a state?
What is a star?
300
In which region of Georgia would you find the Blue Ridge Mountains?
What is the Blue Ridge Region?
400
The two kinds of lines on a map.
What are longitude and latitude?
400
The Prime Meridian divides Earth into these two hemispheres.
What are the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
400
This river begins in the Rocky Mountains and flows through the Grand Canyon.
What is the Colorado River?
400
A globe and a map both show Earth's surface, but this one shows the entire Earth in its true shape.
What is a globe?
400
What river forms much of Georgia's eastern border with South Carolina?
What is the Savannah River?
500
Blue lines on a map usually represent this feature.
What are rivers or waterways?
500
To find an exact location on Earth, you use both of these.
What are latitude and longitude coordinates?
500
This river joins the Mississippi River system.
What is the Ohio River?
500
A compass rose shows the four cardinal directions. Name all four.
What are North, South, East, and West?
500
What major river begins in Georgia and flows westward into Alabama?
What is the Chattahoochee River?