Mapping
Something often colored blue on maps.
What are oceans or rivers or water?
Gives a precise or exact location. This is done either with an address or with longitude and latitude coordinates.
What is absolute location?
A landform that rises high above its surrounding area.
What is a mountain?
A state whose capital is Montpelier.
What is Vermont?
The large word or words at the top of a map.
What is a title?
Tells us where something is based on its surroundings or what is near it. It gives a general location.
What is relative location?
A large natural stream of flowing water.
What is a river?
The last state to join the United States, and it is also a group of islands.
What is Hawaii?
Something represented usually by a star on a map.
What is a capital?
31 Enterprise Lane is an example of this.
What is absolute location?
A stretch of land surrounded by water on 3 sides.
What is a peninsula?
A state on the west coast that has Hollywood in it.
What is California?
The box that explains symbols or colors on a map.
What is the legend or key?
In between the library and gas station is an example of this.
What is relative location?
A part of the coast where the land curves in so that the sea is surrounded by land on three sides.
What is a bay?
The six states that makeup New England
What are Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island?
It shows you which direction the map is (two words).
What is a compass rose?
The absolute location of Essex Middle School.
60 Founders Road
A narrow or small passage of water that connects two large bodies of water.
What is a strait?
The largest state in the United States.
What is Alaska?