Maps
Special Names
5 Themes
Directionally Speaking
Potluck
100
This type of map shows landforms and elevations.
What is a physical map?
100
A line that passes through Greenwich, England.
What is the Prime Meridian?
100
Is when I tell someone where I am exactly.
What is absolute location?
100
Is the name for the symbol found on all maps that helps you orient yourself.
What is the compass rose?
100
The correct spelling of the lines that runs east to west on the globe.
What are parallels of latitude?
200
This type of map shows the precipitation and temperature for a certain part of the world.
What is a climate map?
200
The line that measures 0 degrees latitude
What is the equator?
200
When I tell someone I am down the street.
What is relative location?
200
The name for the primary directions on a compass rose.
What are cardinal directions?
200
A map projection with curved sides that distorts less.
What is a Robinson Projection?
300
This special feature indicates what the symbols on a map mean.
What is a legend or key?
300
Another word for elevation.
What is relief?
300
This theme has to do with goods, ideas, and people.
What is movement?
300
The same as intermediate directions.
What are ordinal directions?
300
An attempt to flatten the globe using mathematics.
What is a Global Gore?
400
These lines tell you how far east or west you are in the world.
What are meridians of longitude?
400
Lines that run north to south from pole to pole are called this FULL name.
What are meridians of longitude?
400
The Hoover Dam is an example of this theme.
What is Human-Environmental Interaction?
400
The pole that is closer to Rhode Island.
What is the North Pole?
400
A map projection that flattens the poles and distorts land area and distances.
What is a Mercator Projection?
500
A road map or a natural resource map are considered to be this type of map.
What are special or special purpose maps?
500
What you call someone who makes maps.
What is a cartographer?
500
The Northeast is an example of this theme.
What is Region?
500
Australia is south of this important line.
What is the equator?
500
Is used by pilots to plot their course for a flight.
What is a great circle route?
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