Dora, The Explorer!
The part of the map that tells you what it is about
What is the TITLE?
Shows the boundaries between countries, states, regions, and major cities.
What is a political map?
A group of islands all together
What is an archipelago?
The 7 land masses that are on earth.
What are CONTINENTS?
What are CARDINAL DIRECTIONS?
This is where natural resources come from.
What is the earth?
The part of the map that tells you what the symbols and colors mean.
What is the LEGEND or KEY?
A geographic representation (drawing or picture) of an area on the earth, usually drawn on a flat surface.
What is a map?
A high, flat area of land that is higher than the land around it.
What is a plateau?
The study of the earth and how humans and animals live on it.
What is GEOGRAPHY?
NNW
What is North north west?
This is the type of map that displays natural resources across the country.
What is a THEMATIC MAP?
The part of the map that tells you how big or small it is compared to real life.
What is the MAP SCALE?
Shows information about a specific topic.
What is a thematic map?
A small, skinny body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
The 5 large bodies of salt water that cover 70% of the earth's surface.
What are OCEANS?
SE
What is South East?
When a natural resource has been turned into something that people use, it is called this.
What is a PRODUCT?
The part of the map that shows the boundaries of the area being shown.
What is the MAP BORDER?
Something that shows the natural features of the earth.
What is a physical map?
A small, skinny piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
What is an isthmus?
A spherical representation of the earth.
What is a GLOBE?
SSE
What is South south east?
2 of the 3 natural resources that are/were abundant in the Brockway area.
What are COAL, TREES/LUMBER, and/or CLAY?
The part of the map that shows the directions N,S,E,W.
What is the COMPASS or COMPASS ROSE?
A person who makes maps.
What is a cartographer?
Another name for a beach.
What is a coast?
The map program on the computer that shows a satellite view of the earth to help us navigate directions.
What is GOOGLE MAPS or GOOGLE EARTH?
The directions that are "in-between" the cardinal directions.
What are the INTERMEDIATE directions?
Oil, coal, and natural gas.
What are fossil fuels?