Types of Maps
This map shows areas where large groups of people live.
What is a population density map?
Lines of longitude go in which directions?
What is North and South?
These are things that stand for other things on a map, such as an airplane standing for an airport.
What are symbols?
This ocean is off the coast of Mexico.
What is The Gulf of Mexico?
This shows the cardinal directions on a map.
What is the compass rose?
This map shows the weather trends in a particular area over time.
What is a climate map?
Directions that lines of latitude run
What is west to east?
These lines show the limits of the territory within a certain area; in football a player might be out of them.
What are boundaries?
You cross this ocean to get from the United States to Europe.
What is the Atlantic ocean?
What direction would you travel if you are driving from Maryland to Texas?
What is Southwest?
This kind of map shows features like mountains, lakes, rivers, and desserts.
What is a physical map
The main line of latitude that travels around the center of the earth is known by this name.
What is the Equator?
This is the thing a mapmaker uses to show distance on a map.
What is a scale?
The name of this ocean is found in the word Antarctica.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
How many continents are there in our world?
What is 7?
This type of map shows the boundaries of a country as well as major cities or capitals.
What is a political map?
The main line of longitude that travels through the center of the earth is called this?
What is the prime meridian?
The key to understanding maps is to use this.
What is the legend?
This ocean is the ocean that includes Ocean City, Virginia Beach, and Myrtle Beach. It's found on the East Coast.
What is the Atlantic?
This continent is also a country.
What is Australia?
This type of map shows goods that are produced and manufactured in certain areas
What is a resource map?
What unit of measurement do we use to measure lines of latitude and longitude?
What is degrees?
Someone who makes a map is known as this.
What is a cartographer?
California, Oregon, and Washington are all states located near this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This continent is also called the South Pole.
What is Antarctica?