map Esssentials
More map stuff
vocabulary
More vocab
miscellaneous stuff
100
It states what the map is showing.
What is the title?
100
These are the cardinal points on the compass rose.
What are north, south, east and west?
100
The study of history through what people left behind.
What is archeology?
100
An imprint or part of something that was once alive
What is a fossil?
100
A map that shows landforms and natural features of the land.
What is a physical map?
200
It explains the symbols on the map
What is the legend/key?
200
Lines that run east to west on the globe.
What is Latitude?
200
The beliefs, values and customs of a people.
What is culture?
200
All the living and non living things that affect life in an area.
What is the environment?
200
An item found on or in the Earth that is useful to humans.
What is a resource?
300
It shows the directions on the map.
What is the compass rose?
300
What are the intermediate points on the compass rose?
What are NE, SE, NW, SW?
300
An item made by man.
What is an Artifact?
300
A physical feature of the Earth.
What is a Landform?
300
This is zero degrees longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
400
It shows the distances on the map.
What is the scale?
400
This is zero degrees latitude.
what is the equator.
400
The study of the Earth and its people.
What is Geography?
400
The weather of an area over a long period of time.
What is Climate?
400
A map that shows the man-made features of the land.
What is a political map?
500
It shows where the map is in relation to the world.
What is the locator map?
500
The lines on the globe that run north to south.
What is Longitude?
500
The study of the past.
What is history?
500
An area that has one or more features that make it different that the areas around it.
What is a region?
500
An autobiography is an example of this.
What is a primary source?
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