Landforms
Map Language
Land Features
More map words
Odds and Ends
100
An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects and trees grow.
What is a swamp?
100
The imaginary east-west line encircling the Earth midway between the North and South poles.
What is the equator?
100
A body of land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
100
The place you look to find out what a map is all about.
What is the key or legend?
100
Looking at a compass rose, which side is west on.
What is on the left side?
200
One of the great divisions of land on the globe
What is a Continent?
200
The imaginary lines that go north and south on a globe or map.
What are lines of longitude?
200
A large area of ocean that is partly surrounded by land.
What is a gulf?
200
The line of longitude on the opposite side of the earth from the Prime Meridian.
What is the International Dateline?
200
A small point or extension of land jutting out into water.
What is a cape?
300
A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
What is a delta?
300
The parallel of latitude that is approximately 23 1/2 degrees south of the equator.
What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
300
A narrow channel connecting two bodies of water.
What is a strait?
300
Imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator are called.
What are lines of latitude?
300
An area of soft, wet land that has many grasses.
What is a marsh?
400
A type of hill with a flat top and steep sides
What is a butte?
400
What is another name for half of a sphere?
What is a hemisphere?
400
A narrow strip of land separating two bodies of water and connecting two larger areas of land.
What is an isthmus?
400
About how many miles are there between each line of latitude on the globe.
What is 70 miles?
400
Why are lines of latitude also called parallels?
Because they are parallel, they never touch.
500
A deep, steep-walled, V-shaped valley cut by a river.
What is a canyon?
500
North, South, East and West are also known as...
What are the Cardinal Directions?
500
A group of many islands in a large body of water.
What is an archipelago?
500
Name the type of map that distorts the shape and size of land far to the north and south.
What is a Mercator Projection Map?
500
When using a map to determine distances between places what is important to look at?
What is the scale on a map.
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