Map Types
What type of map shows natural features of a map like landforms and bodies of water?
Physical map
What are latitude and longitude measured in?
Degrees
How many continents are there?
7
What do you call the land between two mountains or a hill?
Valley
Which map shows political boundaries like states and countries?
Political map
What is located at 0 degrees latitude?
The Equator
How many oceans are there?
5
What do you call a large salty body of water?
Ocean
Which type of map focuses on a specific theme like population or climate?
Thematic map
What is located at 0 degrees longitude?
Prime Meridian
What are the 7 continents?
North America, South America, Australia, Asia, Europe, Antarctica and Africa
What do you call a body of water completely surrounded by land?
Lake
What do you call the horizontal and vertical lines on a map?
latitude and longitude
Lines of latitude run _________ but measure _________ .
Lines of latitude run EAST/WEST but measure NORTH/SOUTH .
What are the 5 major oceans?
What do you call a large open area of land?
Plain
What are all three types of maps that we studied this unit?
Political, Physical and Thematic
Lines of longtidue run _________ but measure _________ .
Lines of longitude run NORTH/SOUTH but measure EAST/WEST .
What are the 4 hemispheres?
Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western
What do you call a very high hill that rises up above the land?
Mountain