Physical Geography
An area of higher elevation, ending in a peak
Mountain
The smallest, or least dense, unit of human settlement
Village
The part of a map that explains the symbols used.
Key/Legend
The longest river in the World
The Nile River
Capital of Maryland
Annapolis
A body of water which flows through land
River
A line demarcating territories
A border
The intersecting lines on a map projection that accord with a map scale or coordinate plane
grid
This country occupies an entire continent on its own
Australia
Capital of California
Sacramento
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
Peninsula
An area dedicated to agricultural activity
Rural area
A satellite based location and imaging system, now used for everyday navigation among other things.
GPS (Global Positioning System)
This country has the world's largest land area and occupies a portion of two continents
Russia
The most populous city in the US
New York City
A group of Islands
Archipelago
This word describes the discipline of large studying groups of people using statistical methods.
Demographics
The mathematical ratio between the distance on an image or map projection, and real distance on Earth.
Scale
This mountain range defines the border between Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, it also boasts the world's highest terrestrial peaks
Himalayan mountain range
This US State occupies an Archipelago
Hawai'i
Tectonic plates
This word describes the aspects of life in a densely populated area defined by towns and cities.
Urban
Name of the 1977 Map of the Ocean Floor that widened the public's awareness of plate tectonics and continental drift theory.
Thaarp-Hezen Map
This South American country has two capitals
Bolivia
This state had a volcano explosion in the late 1980s
Washington State