Land Forms
Water
Map Basics
The World Map
Helpful Vocabulary
100
Land with water on all sides
What is an Island
100

A body of water surrounded by land on all sides.

What is a lake? 

100

What do we call the image that shows the directions on a map? North, South, East, West? 

What is a compass rose? 
100

1

North America

100
The name of a specific map. 
What is a map title? 
200
A very dry place where few plants grow.

What is a desert? 

200

The whole body of salt water that covers most of the Earth. 

What is the Ocean? 

200

The world is divided into these four equal parts. 

What are hemispheres? 
200

2

South America

200

A shape or part of the Earth's Surface. 

What is a landform? 
300

High rounded or pointed landforms with steep sides

What is a mountain? 

300
A large stream of water that flows into a lake or the ocean. 
What is a river? 
300
The imaginary line that runs around the middle of the Earth from West to East.

What is the Equator? 

300

3

Europe & Asia

300

A line that divides one state or country from another.  

What is a border? 

400

The land along a sea or ocean. 

What is the coast? 

400
Water that falls sharply to the ground below.  Falls from a large drop. 

What is a waterfall? 

400

The imaginary line that runs around the Earth from North to South.

What is the prime meridian? 
400

4

Africa

400
Something that stands for something else. 
What is a symbol? 
500
Land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

What is a peninsula? 

500
Part of a body of water that goes into the land. Boats and fish are protected from the ocean here.  

What is a bay? 

500
A box on a map that explains what all the symbols mean. 

What is a key? 

500

6

Australia & Antarctica 

500

The study of maps and the physical features of the Earth. 

What is geography? 

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