Shows the landscape features of an area, such as mountains, hills, plains, rivers, lakes, oceans, and other physical features of an area.
Physical Map
100
Imaginary lines that form a grid to help locate the absolute (exact) location of a place.
Lines of latitude and longitude
100
Divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres
the equator
100
A flat diagram of all or part of the earth's surface.
Map
200
Tells what the map is about-the main idea of the map
Title
200
Shows divisions or boundaries between continents, countries, states and provinces
Political Map
200
Lines that run east to west around the globe and are known as parallels.
Lines of latitude
200
Divides the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres
Prime Meridian
200
Someone who draws or creates maps.
cartographer
300
Explains what the symbols, lines, and colors mean
Key/Legend
300
uses lines to show the shape and elevation of an area.
Topographic Map
300
A latitude line that circles the earth halfway between the North and South Poles at 0 degrees latitude.
The equator
300
The only hemisphere in which Antarctica has no land.
Northern Hemisphere
300
The exact replica of something but smaller.
A scale model
400
icons used on a map to represent cities, battle sites, or activities
Symbols
400
designed to show a particular theme connected with a geographic area.
Thematic or Historical Map
400
The continent that lies completely in the Southern Hemisphere.
Australia
400
The sun sets in the ______.
West
400
The Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle.
The five major lines of latitude
500
Measures the distance on a map
Scale
500
Shows major and minor highways, roads, airports, railroad tracks, cities and other points of interest in an area.
Road Map
500
You use these intersecting lines that are measured in degrees to express location.
Coordinates
500
The sun rises in the _______.
East
500
The circle marking the latitude 23.5 degrees south where the sun is directly overhead at noon on December 21, the beginning of winter in the northern hemisphere.