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What is a globe?
A map on a round surface.
How many continents are there?
7
What is a road map?
It shows roads and highways.
What are the four cardinal directions on a compass?
What country is south of the United States?
Mexico
What is the equator?
An imaginary line halfway between the North and South Poles.
How many oceans are there?
5
What is a physical map?
Shows landforms like deserts, mountains, plains, lakes, and rivers.
Where is a compass rose typically found?
On the edge of the map.
What country is north of the United States?
Canada
What is the prime meridian?
An imaginary line dividing the eastern and western hemispheres.
Name the 7 continents
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica
What is a political map?
Shows countries, states, cities, towns, big roads, oceans and major lakes/rivers.
A map key is also called a...
Legend
What ocean boarders the west coast of the United States?
What is a cartographer?
Name the 5 oceans
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic
What is a climate map?
Weather patterns over specific areas.
What does a map key/legend do?
Tells you the meanings of the different symbols on a map.
What ocean boarders the east coast of the United States?
The Atlantic Ocean
The first map was not of earth, but of....
Stars
What percentage of our earth is covered by continents?
33%
What is a resource map?
Shows the location of different natural resources.
What do you call a direction that is between two cardinal directions, such as NW or SE?
Intermediate directions
What state is northwest of Arizona?
Nevada