Types of Maps
This type of map focuses on the borders of different countries.
What is a political map?
The job title of someone who draws and creates maps.
This special line sits at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the equator?
What is "Before Common Era"?
This ocean is at 5S, 150W.
Where is the Pacific Ocean?
This type of map projection distorts the size of land masses, making them bigger at the poles and smaller near the equator.
Mercator Projection
This part of the map shows you the different directions.
What is a compass rose?
Located just north of the equator, this tropic line is actually named after the astrological symbol, not the horrible disease.
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
A flat, elevated piece of land.
What is a plateau?
This American state is at the intersection of 40N, 120W.
Where is California?
This map uses different shades of colour to represent a statistic being focused on
What is a thematic map?
These lines specify the distance from the north and south poles.
What are lines of latitude?
This tropic line crosses South America, South Africa, and Austrailia.
At 20E, 30S is the southern portion of this continent.
Where is Africa?
This type of map shows landforms such as mountains, rivers, and sometimes climate.
What is a physical map?
These lines specify the distance east or west of the prime meridian.
What are lines of longitude?
What is "climate"?
This body of water at 60N, 82W is named after the explorer who discovered it.
Where is Hudson's Bay?
This type of map projection shows the world in a more visually appealing way.
A jutting piece of land that has water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
An area containing geographically related mountains
What is a Mountain Range?
These two states famously do not share a border with any other state.
What are Hawaii and Alaska?
40S, 170E is the country that Lord of the Rings was filmed in.
Where is New Zealand?