The Earth
One of the seven large landmasses on the Earth.
What is a Continent?
Lists and explains what the symbols on a map mean.
What is a Map Legend (Key)?
The four main directions on a compass rose.
What are the Cardinal Directions?
An imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, halfway between the poles.
What is the Equator?
A book of maps.
What is an Atlas?
Height above sea level.
What is Elevation?
One of the five major bodies of salt water that surround the continents.
What is a Ocean?
Shows how much space on the map represents real distance.
What is a Map Scale Bar?
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest are examples of these.
What are Intermediate Directions?
Imaginary line of longitude that runs through England and Africa.
What is the Prime Meridian?
A map that shows mountains, rivers, and landforms.
What is a Physical Map?
The hemisphere east of the Prime Meridian ending at the International Date Line.
What is the Eastern Hemisphere?
A very large, unbroken area of land.
What is a Landmass?
Colors, lines, shapes, and symbols that represent information on a map.
What are Map Symbols?
A tool on a map that shows directions like N, E, S, and W.
What is the Compass Rose
The line of longitude where each new day begins.
What is the International Date Line?
A map showing countries, states, or cities in different colors.
What is a Political Map?
The hemisphere west of the Prime Meridian ending at the International Date Line.
What is the Western Hemisphere?
A model of the Earth.
What is a Globe
Lines formed in a grid that help locate places with coordinates.
What is Map Grid System?
Distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees.
What is Latitude?
Lines that connect points of the same elevation.
What are Contour Lines?
A map that shows a specific topic or theme.
What is a Thematic Map?
The half of the Earth north of the Equator.
What is the Northern Hemisphere
A Change in the shape, size, or position of a place when shown on a map.
What is a Distortion?
Lines on a map that show movement of things like people or goods.
What are Map Flow Lines?
Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees.
What is Longitude?
A way of representing the round Earth on a flat surface.
What is Map Projection?
Satellite-based system that determines absolute location.
What is Global Positioning System (GPS)?
The half of the Earth south of the Equator.
What is the Southern Hemisphere?