Map Skills
On the world map
Vocabulary
Where you live
Trivia
100

What do you call a round representation of a map?

What is a globe?

100

The seven largest bodies of land are called

What is continents?

100

A drawing showing a place from above is called this.

What is a map?

100

What is the name of the state you live in?

What is Virginia?

100

What is the capital of the United States?

What is Washington, D.C.?

200

What would you use to figure out direction on a map?

What is the compass rose?

200

The five large bodies of water are called

What is oceans?

200

This tells you what the map is a drawing of

What is the title?

200

What is the capital of the state you live in?

What is Richmond?

200

Which two U.S. states do not touch any other state?

What are Alaska and Hawaii?

300

What is the term used when looking at something from straight above?

What is a birds eye view?

300

What is the coldest continent

What is Antarctica ?

300

This is used to tell direction on a map.

What is a the compass rose?

300

What is the abbreviation for our state?

What is VA?

300

Which is the biggest of the 7 continents?

What is Asia?

400

What are three different landforms that we can see on a map?

What are bay, lake, ocean, river, hill, island, mountain, plain ,plateau or valley?

400

What are the names of the three countries that make up North America?

What are Canada, Mexico and the United States

400

This includes symbols that represent objects or places.

What is a map key or legend?

400

How many states are there?

What is 50?

400

What do you call an imaginary line that runs horizontally around the Earth?

What is the Equator?

500

How can you use a map key to help you read a map?

What is it tells you what all of the symbols on a map represent or mean?

500

What are the names of the seven continents?

What are North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa and Antarctica?

500

What is a border?

What is an imaginary line between to places?

500

Name a state that borders Virginia.

What are Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia?

500

What do you call an imaginary line that runs vertically around the Earth?

What is the Prime Meridian?

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