Geographic tools
Latitude & Longitude
Map Skills
Oceans
Parts of a map
100

This system uses satellites to determine your exact location on Earth.

GPS

100
Lines of longitude are also called this.
What are meridians?
100
These are things that stand for other things on a map, such as an airplane standing for an airport.
What are symbols?
100
This ocean is between Antarctica and 60 degrees longitude.
What is the Southern Ocean?
100
This shows the cardinal directions on a map.
What is the compass rose?
200

A system for capturing, storing, analyzing, and displaying spatial data

GIS

200
Directions that lines of latitude run
What are west to east?
200
These lines show the limits of the territory within a certain area; in football a player might be out of them.
What are boundaries?
200
The countries near this ocean include Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan.
What is the Indian Ocean?
200

Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest

What are intermediate directions?

300

The process of collecting information about Earth’s surface without physical contact.

Remote sensing

300
The main line of latitude is known by this name.
What is the Equator?
300

This is the thing a mapmaker uses to show distance on a map.

What is a scale?

300

The name of this ocean is found in the word Antarctica.

What is the Arctic Ocean?

300
This continent is separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains
What is Europe?
400

Geographic data voluntarily provided by the public

VGI

400
Longitude lines run in these two directions?
What are north and south?
400
The key to understanding maps is to use this.
What is the legend?
400
This ocean is the ocean that includes Virginia Beach and Myrtle Beach.
What is the Atlantic?
400
This continent is also a country.
What is Australia?
500

A classroom activity where students sketch a city layout from memor

Mental map

500

The main line of longitude is known as this.

What is Prime Meridian?

500

Someone who makes a map is known as this.

What is a cartographer?

500
California, Oregon, and Washington are all states located near this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
500
This continent is also called the South Pole.
What is Antarctica?
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