Directions
This direction points down on a map.
What is south?
This is the continent where we live.
What is North America?
This ocean covers the North Pole.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
This is a box containing symbols and words to help understand a map.
What is a legend or key?
These imaginary lines run east and west on a globe.
What is lines of latitude?
This drawing shows directions on a map.
What is a compass rose?
This continent covers the South Pole.
What is Antarctica?
This ocean is west of the United States.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This type of book contains maps and other important facts and information.
What is an atlas?
These imaginary lines run north and south on a globe.
What is lines of longitude?
If you are facing north, this direction is to your left.
What is west?
This is the largest continent on earth.
What is Asia?
This ocean is east of the United States.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This helps us measure distance on a map.
What is a scale?
The equator is at this degree latitude.
What is 0 degrees?
This type of direction includes the main directions: north, south, east, and west.
What is a cardinal direction?
This continent is south of Europe.
What is Africa?
This ocean is south of Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean?
This is a line that separates one state from another.
What is a boundary?
This imaginary line is at 0 degrees longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
This type of direction includes the directions in between north, south, east, and west.
What is an intermediate direction?
These are all seven continents.
What are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica?
This is the largest and deepest ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This is someone who makes maps.
What is a cartographer?
Rivers and mountains are examples of these on a map.
What are landforms?