Maps
Landforms
Globes
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
This map feature tell you the directions.
A compass rose
100
This is the highest landform.
A mountain
100
Latitude lines are also called _________________
parallels
100
The North Pole is located in this hemisphere.
Northern Hemisphere
100
Antarctica is located in which hemisphere?
Southern Hemisphere
200
A map maker is called a _________________.
A cartographer
200
Meridians are also called ______________
lines of longitude
200
The Prime Meridian is also called:
Zero degrees longitude
200
________________ is the country north of the U.S.
Canada
300
This type of map tells you where boundaries or roads are located.
A political map
300
A peninsula is___________________
a piece of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides
300
_______________ is an invisible line dividing the earth in half
The equator
300
Name the 7 continents:
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
300
Mexico is located _____________ of the U.S.
south
400
A relief or topographical map shows you __________
elevation
400
An ____________________ is a group of islands.
archipelago
400
The earth is divided into four of these.
hemispheres
400
Name 4 major oceans:
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic
400
Name 3 of the Great Lakes:
Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior
500
How is a relief map different from a topographical map?
A relief map is 3 dimensional, a topographical map is flat.
500
This landform is a small strip of land that connects to larger pieces of land.
An isthmus
500
Zero degree latitude is also known as the ______________.
equator
500
What direction do lines of latitude go? North/South or East/West
East/West
500
A high, large flat area of land is called:
a plateau
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