continents
vocabulary
maps
latitude/longitude
exact location
100
This is the smallest conntinent on the planet.
What is Austrailia
100
This is a model of Earth.
What is a globe?
100
This device that uses a magnetized needle to measure directions north, south, east, and west.
What is a compass rose?
100
These imaginary lines run North and South on a map, but measure distances East and West of the Prime meridian.
What are lines of longitude?
100
This state is located at 44 degrees North and 85 degrees West.
What is Michigan?
200
This is the largest continent on the planet.
What is Asia?
200
This is the imaginary line around the Earth that is located at zero degrees latitude.
What is the equator?
200
This element of a map tells the subject of the map or what information is being shown.
What is the title?
200
These imaginary lines run East and West on a map, but measure distances North and South.
What are lines of latitude?
200
This state is located at 35 degrees North and 93 degrees West.
What is Arkansas?
300
This continent is North of South America.
What is North America?
300
This is the study of Earth's physical and cultural features.
What is geography?
300
When facing North, this direction would be on your right.
What is East?
300
This is the first of most important meridian, located at zero degrees longitude.
What is the Prime meridian?
300
This state is located at 30 degrees north and 82 degrees west.
What is Florida?
400
This continent is connected to Asia.
What is Europe?
400
This is one of the halves of the Earth divided by the equator and the Prime meridian.
What is a hemisphere?
400
This type of map shows landforms.
What is a physical map?
400
Latitude and longitude are measured in __________.
What are degrees?
400
This state is located at 45 degrees north and 70 degrees west.
What is Maine?
500
This continent is surrounded by the Indian Ocean on the East and the Atlantic Ocean on the West.
What is Africa?
500
This is a flat, usually paper version of a map
What is a projection?
500
This is used to measure the distance between two locations on a map.
What is a scale?
500
The entire Earth is this many degrees. A. 90 B. 180 C. 360
What is 360 degrees?
500
This state is at 44 degrees north and 110 degrees west.
What is Wyoming?
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