Map Skills
On the world map
Vocabulary
Where you live
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 New York?
200
What would you use to figure out direction on a map?
What is the compass rose?
200

The Imaginary line that run east and west around the middle of the earth is called...

What is an equator?

200
This tells you what the map is a drawing of
What is the title?
200

What continent do we live in?

What is North America?

300
If I wanted to know exactly where something is on a map what would I use?
What is a grid?
300

What is the imaginary line that runs from North to the South of the earth

What is Prime Meridian?

300

This map will show borders and names of states or countries.

What is a political map?

300
What is the abbreviation for our state?
What is NY?
400

What tool can show us the directions North, South, East, West

What is a compass

400

What are the  5 oceans in the world called?

What is Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, and Arctic Ocean?

400

This map will show mountains, rivers, and lakes

What is a physical map?

400
How many states are there?
What is 50?
500

What can you use to tell what the pictures on a map mean?

What is a map key or map legend?

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

Which is the biggest continent?

What is Asia?

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