Features
Relates the distance on the map to the distance on the earth's surface
scale
Thematic map
This continent extends from Venezuela to Chile
South America
flat representations of the round earth
Maps
The continent in which Neepawa is
North America
Shows the directions on a map
Compass
Detailed representation of a small area
Large scale-map
This continent has the lowest human population
Antarctica
the study of spaces on the earth's surface
Geography
Small-scale map
fewer deatails of a larger area
Water bodies, land forms, vegetation and elevation in a topographic map
Physical features
Provides many different types of information on geographical features
General-purpose map
Most of the 2026 Olympic gold metals are going to this continent
Europe
0o Latitude
The Equator
This is distorted in mercator maps
Size of landmasses
Most political human feature in a topographic map
borders
The type of map that National Geographic adopted as their standard world reference map.
Winkel-Tripel (equal-area)
India is in this continent
Asia
Colour used to indicate parks in topographic maps
Green
Large-scale map showing both natural and human made features
Topographic map
All 6 basic features of a map
Title, Legend, Scale, Date of Publication, Compass, grid
Two types of maps
physical and political
The smallest continent
Australia/Oceania
The three levels of Geography used to look at the world
Local, regional, global
4 methods used to indicate elevation above sea level
Contour lines, spot heights, benchmarks, layer colouring