Maps & Types
This map shows boundaries of countries, states, and cities.
What is a political map
The long-term pattern of weather in a place is called this
What is climate?
People grow just enough food to feed their families; this type of farming is called what?
What is subsistence farming?
A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water is called this.
What is a strait?
The number of people living in a given area (how crowded a place is) is called this.
What is population density?
A map focused on a single topic, like language or climate zones, is called this.
What is a thematic map?
This climate is very hot and dry all year; name it.
What is arid?
When natural resources are taken and turned into goods like cars or electronics, this economic activity is called what?
What is trade and manufacturing (or manufacturing)?
A group of many islands close together is called what?
What is an archipelago?
If a climograph shows highest temperatures and rainfall in June–August, in which hemisphere is the city most likely located?
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
(If June–Aug high = summer there)
Which map type shows landforms such as mountains, rivers, and valleys?
What is a physical map?
Which vegetation zone has tall trees with big leaves that stay green all year?
What is tropical rainforest / tropical wet (or simply rainforest)?
Coal, iron, uranium, and petroleum are all types of these.
What are natural resources?
A flat elevated area of land with a steep side is called this.
What is a plateau?
On a climograph, you see the coldest months with the least percipitation are June-August. What hemisphere and season does this suggest?
What is the Southern Hemisphere during winter?
(for example: Australia)
Name the map that displays where different economic activities (like farming or manufacturing) occur.
What is an economic activity map?
Which climate type has temperatures and precipitation that change with altitude?
What are highlands?
Which land use would most likely appear on a map showing orchards, fields, and pastures?
What is commercial farming?
A piece of land that juts out into a body of water, often smaller than a peninsula, is called what?
What is a cape?
Which map would you use to compare how crowded different places are?
What is a population density map?
Identify the vegetation zone characterized by low-growing plants, permafrost, and a short growing season.
What is tundra?
What land use type involves moving herds to find new pastures and is common in dry regions?
What is nomadic herding?
Name a coastal feature formed when waves cut into a rock to form an arch, which may later collapse into a stack.
What is a sea arch (or natural arch leading to a sea stack)?