Vocabulary
Map Skills
Continents
Oceans
Rivers and Mountains
100
A picture that stand for something else is called?
A Symbol
100
What are the 3 things all maps have?
title, map legend, and a compass rose
100
How many continents are in the world?
Seven
100
How many oceans do we have?
Five
100
What are the two mountains we learned called?
Appalachian Mountains and Rocky Mountains
200
What is a map legend?
lists symbols used on a map with explanations
200
What are the directions of the compass rose?
North, East, South, West
200
What continent do we live in?
North America
200
What ocean is number 1?
Pacific Ocean
200
What is the far left one called?
Rocky Mountains
300
A large body of land on the earth is called?
Continent
300
What is a compass rose?
a symbol that shows directions on a map.
300
What is the purple continent called?
Asia
300
What ocean is number 2?
Atlantic Ocean
300
What is the longest river called?
Mississippi River
400
An imaginary line around the middle of the earth. It divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres is called?
Equator
400
Why do we need a title on a map?
Because it lets us know what the map is about
400
What is the yellow continent called?
Europe
400
What ocean is number 3?
Arctic Ocean
400
What is the far south one called?
Rio Grande
500
What is a prime meridian?
an imaginary line around the middle of the earth. It divides the Eastern and Southern Hemispheres.
500
What symbol could represent a capital?
Star
500
Name the seven continents
North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, Antarctica
500
Name the five oceans.
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, and Southern Ocean
500
What is the far east one called?
James River