Vocabulary
Types of Maps
Oceans
Continents
Miscellaneous
100
shoes us the whole world on a flat piece of paper.
What is a map?
100

A map that shows the amount of rainfall.

What is a precipitation map

100
The 5 oceans of the world.
What are Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern?
100
The southern most continent.
What is Antarctica?
100

North, South, East, and West

What are cardinal directions?

200

shoes us a model of the earth that shows a country's true shape.

What is a globe?

200

A map that shows number of people in a certain place.

What is a population map?

200

The ocean that borders the United States on the west.

What is the Pacific Ocean?

200
The seven continents of the world.
What are Antarctica, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia?
200

a star on a map

What is the commonly used symbol to represent a state capital?

300

Imaginary lines on a map or globe. They run east and west or north and south.

What are latitude and longitude lines?

300

A map that shows which states that produce certain products/crops/food

What is a natural resource map?

300
The northern most ocean.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
300
South of Europe
Where is Africa located?
300

The two states that border Ohio on the west.

What are Pennsylvania and West Virginia

400

The name for a set of pointers that show directions.

What is a compass rose?

400

The map that will be used to find the states borders.

What is a political map?

400

The ocean between Africa and Australia

What is the Indian Ocean?

400
West of Asia
Where is Europe located?
400

Which direction do latitude lines run?

What is east and west

500

Allows us to estimate real distances on earth.

What is a map scale?

500

The map that would be used to find the landforms

What is a physical map?

500

The ocean that borders South Carolina on the east

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

500

The continent that is completely surrounded by water.

What is Australia?

500

What degree of latitude is the EQUATOR?

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