Vocabulary
This part of a map tells us what the map is about.
What is a title?
This kind of imaginary line goes from East to West.
What is latitude?
Landmasses are called _________.
What are continents?
Which landform has water on all sides but one side?
What is a peninsula?
This is a good acronym to remember the cardinal directions.
What is Never Eat Soggy Waffles?
This part of a map helps you measure distances.
What is a map scale?
This kind of imaginary line goes from North to South.
What is longitude?
Large bodies of water are called _________.
What are oceans?
A large body of water on the land _________.
What is a lake?
What does Never Eat Soggy Waffles Mean?
North, South, East, and West
This part of a map is used to explain what symbols mean.
What is a map key?
This imaginary line is the center of latitude lines (It is also very hot).
What is the Equator?
Name the continent you live on.
What is North America?
Which landform is low, narrow, and between mountains?
What is a valley?
What is opposite of West?
What is East?
This part of a map represents a place on a map using pictures or logos.
What is a symbol?
This imaginary line is the center of the longitudinal lines.
What is the Prime Meridian?
Name the 4 oceans.
What is the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Arctic Ocean?
What is a plateau?
What is the capital of our country?
What is Washington D.C.?
This part of a map tells us cardinal directions.
What is a compass rose?
The imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude is _________.
What is the equator?
Name the 7 continents.
What is North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.
An _________ is land that is completed surrounded by water and a _________ is land that rises high above.
What is an island and what is a mountain?
What are the intermediate directions?
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest