Map Skills
On the World Map
Vocabulary
Where you live
Landforms
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?
100

What landform is open, flat land?

What is a plain?

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 Albany?
200

What landform is completely surrounded by land?

What is a lake?

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 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 NY?
300

What landform is low land usually between mountains?

What is a valley?

400
What are three different landforms that can 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 a piece of land that has water all around it?
What is an island?
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 New York.
What are Mass, Conn, Penn, Vermont ?
500

What landform is high and flat?

What is a plateau?

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