Vocabulary
Around the world
Maps
Directions
Landforms
100
_________________ is the place where something is.
Location
100
What continent is the United States a part of?
North America
100
What shows directions on a map or globe?
Compass Rose
100
What can help you find places on a map?
Compass rose
100
Name a landform.
mountain, plain, island, penninsula, etc.
200
_____________________ is a kind of land with a special shape.
Landform
200
What continent is south of North America?
South America
200
What is a set of lines that divide a mpa into columns and rows of squares.
Map grid
200
What does a star mean on a state?
The state capital
200
A ____ is a large body of water that is partly surrounded by land
gulf
300
______________ is the kind of weather a place has over a long period of time.
Climate
300
What is half of the Earth called?
A hemisphere
300
What are the four cardinal directions?
North, South, East, West
300
if you were looking at a map and you moved UP what cardinal direction would you be going?
North
300
A ____________ is land that has water on three sides.
penninsula
400
__________________ is a chart that organizes information.
A table
400
What is the imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres?
The equator
400
_________________ are between the cardinal directions
Intermediate directions (northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest)
400
If you were looking at a map and went DOWN what direction would you be going?
South
400
A ____ is an area of land with the same features.
region
500
_________________ tells what a place is near.
Relative Location
500
What is the point on Earth that is farthest from the equator?
Pole
500
Which is an example of an absolute location? a mountain, an address, a compass rose
an address
500
What is absolute location?
the exact location
500
A(n) ______ is a landform with water all around it.
island
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