Continents
This is the largest continent on Earth.
What is Asia?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This tool on a map shows what symbols and colors mean.
What is a map key (legend)?
This imaginary line divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
This type of map shows countries, states, and capitals.
What is a political map?
This continent is home to the Sahara Desert and the Nile River
What is Africa?
This ocean separates North America from Europe and Africa.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This part of a map shows the relationship between map distance and actual distance.
What is a scale?
This imaginary line is located at 0° longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
This type of map shows mountains, rivers, deserts, and landforms.
What is a physical map?
The United States, Canada, and Mexico are located on this continent.
What is North America?
This ocean is located between Africa, Asia, and Australia.
What is the Indian Ocean?
The four main directions on a compass rose.
What are north, south, east, and west?
Latitude and longitude are used to find a place's exact what?
What is its location?
This type of map helps drivers find routes and highways.
What is a road map?
This continent is covered mostly by ice and has no permanent population.
What is Antarctica?
This ocean surrounds Antarctica.
What is the Southern Ocean?
These lines run east to west and measure distance north or south of the Equator.
What are lines of latitude?
If you travel north from the Equator, your latitude will do this.
What is increase?
This type of map shows elevation using contour lines or shading.
What is a topographic map?
This continent is also known as Oceania?
What is Australia?
This is the smallest of the world's five oceans.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
These lines run north to south and measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.
What are lines of longitude?
The Equator is located at this degree of latitude.
What is 0° latitude?
A map's title tells you this important piece of information.
What is what the map is about?