Types of Maps
Cardinal Directions
Ordinal Directions
Parts of Maps
Using Map 3C
100
What type of map shows differernt countries/states/areas of government?
Political Map
100
What state is directly north of Iowa?
Minnesota
100
What direction is Florida from Iowa?
Southeast
100
What part of the map shows direction?
Compass Rose
100
What is a steep fall or flow of water from a higher elevation?
What is a waterfall?
200
What is the type of map that shows landforms like mountains, deserts, and bodies of water
.Physical map
200
What state is directly south of Iowa?
Missouri
200
What direction is Hawaii from Iowa?
Southwest
200
What part of a map would you use to show distance between two places?
Scale
200
What is a body of land completely surrounded by water?
What is a island
300
What is the name of the map that shows a storm, high/low pressure, clouds, temperature?
Weather map
300
What two states are directly east of Iowa?
Wisconsin and Illinois
300
What direction is Alaska from Iowa?
Northwest
300
Which part of a map explains what colors and symbols stand for?
Map key/legend
300
What is a sandy, pebbly, or rocky shore of a body of water called?
Beach
400
What type of map shows where streets, highways, and interstates can be found?
Road Map
400
What two states are directly west of Iowa?
South Dakota and Nebraska
400
What direction is Maine from Iowa?
Northeast
400
What are the uses of symbols on a map?
to label landforms and places
400
Large body of year-round ice and snow that moves slowly across land
Glacier
500
What is a person called who creates maps?
cartographer
500
Antarctica is what direction from the USA?
South
500
What direction is South America from the U.S.A?
Southeast
500
On certain types of maps these lines going around the earth up and down also side to side will tell you exactly where you are located? (two words)
What is Longitude and latitude?
500
Narrow strip of land that connects 2 large landmasses and separates 2 bodies of water
isthmus