Continents
The continent south of our continent.
What is South America?
Death Valley is a dry area of land with very little rainfall.
What is a desert?
Lines of Latitude run this direction.
What is East to West.
The part of a map that shows the cardinal and intermediate directions.
What is a compass?
It is split into four bodies of water around the world.
What is the Ocean?
The smallest continent that is also its own country.
What is Australia?
A naturally raised area of land.
What is a plateau?
Lines of Longitude run this direction.
What is North to South?
The part of a map that explains the meaning of symbols.
What is a legend?
The ocean that is near India and Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean?
The name of the largest and most highly populated continent.
What is Asia?
A deep, narrow, valley, usually with a river flowing through it.
What is a canyon?
The ____________ is at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the Equator?
A map that shows climate and weather conditions, such as temperature, rain, and snow.
What is a Weather Map?
The Ocean furthest North.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
The coldest and southernmost continent in the world.
What is Antartica?
A small area of land completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
The _________ sits at 0 Degrees Longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
The part of a map that explains how large the units are. Example: 1 inch = 100 miles.
What is the scale?
The ocean between Europe and North America.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The name of the continent that contains the countries of Egypt and Botswana.
What is Africa?
A small body of water completely surrounded by land.
What is a lake?
Are lines of latitude and longitude visible or invisible?
Invisible.
A map that shows transportation routes and roads in a particular area.
What is a Road Map?
If you go to Pismo Beach in Southern California, ____________ is the Ocean you are swimming in.
What is the Pacific Ocean?