Elements of a Map
Hemispheres
Landforms & Bodies of Water
Langiappe
100
Tells us what the symbols on a map mean.
What is a Map Key?
100
The equator divides earth into the ____________ hemisphere and the ____________ hemisphere.
What are Northern and Southern.
100
Land that is completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
100
On a scale from 1-10, how prepared are you for tomorrow's test?
What is a 10!! 😊
200
This part of the map tells us what the map is about.
What is the title?
200
This line is located at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the equator?
200
A raised, flat mountain with steep sides. 
What is a plateau?
200
The name of the librarian of Wessendorf Middle School.
Who is Mrs. Martinez?
300
This map part shows distance on a map to the actual distance on earth.
What is the map scale?
300
This line is located at 0 degrees longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
300
A group of islands.
What is an archipelago?
300
North, South, East and West are called __________ directions.
What are Cardinal directions?
400
This map part shows the directions.
What is a compass?
400
This line divides the earth into the Eastern and Western hemisphere.
What is the Prime Meridian?
400
Land surrounded by water on 3 sides. This land is almost completely surrounded by water.
What is a peninsula?
400
A coastal body of water connected to a larger body of water.
What is a bay?
500
Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast.
These directions are called ____________ directions.
What are Intermediate directions?
500
The equator and Prime Meridian separate the earth in half. What do we call these halves of the earth?
What are hemispheres?
500
I am a landform. I am a thin strip of land that connects two larger areas of land.
What is an isthmus?
500
What is a narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?