Parts of a Globe
Earth's four large bodies of water
What is an ocean?
These invisible lines circle the Earth running east to west.
What is latitude?
The four main points of the compass.
What are cardinal directions?
What is a road map?
The capital of Austria.
What is Vienna?
Earth's seven large bodies of land.
What is a continent?
These invisible lines circle the Earth running north to south.
What is longitude?
Directions halfway between two cardinal directions.
What are intermediate directions?
A map that shows elevation using contour lines.
What is a topographical map?
The official language of Austria.
What is German?
The lines that divide a map into smaller equal pieces to make finding places easier.
What is a map grid?
A map of Earth that is round.
What is a globe?
A drawing that indicates directions on a map.
What is a compass rose?
A map that shows countries, cities, or states.
What is a political map?
The country to the west of Thailand.
What is Myanmar?
The four parts of the globe. Any half of earth.
What is a hemisphere?
An imaginary line encircling Earth halfway between the North and South Pole at 0°.
What is the equator?
A guide that explains the relationship between real distances on Earth and distances on a map.
What is a scale?
A map that shows landforms.
What is a physical map?
The country to the west of Thailand
What is a Cambodia or Laos?
One continent in the northern hemisphere.
What is North America, Europe, Asia or Africa?
The imaginary line running vertically (up and down) around the globe at 0°
What is the Prime Meridian?
A list or chart that explains the symbols used on a map.
What is a map key?
A map that shows the population of various places.
What is a population map?
There are seven of these on Earth.
What is a continent?