Types of Maps
Latitude & Longitude
Map Skills Vocabulary
Oceans
Parts of a map
100

This map shows the physical features of the Earth.

What is a physical map?

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
This map shows the weather trends in a particular area over time.
What is a climate map?
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/borders?

200

This ocean is to the east of the continent of Africa.

What is the Indian Ocean?

200

What are intermediate directions?

Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest

300

This kind of map shows the height above sea level

What is an elevation map?

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
This type of map shows the boundaries of a country as well as major cities or capitals.
What is a political map?
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 is to the west of Europe.

What is the Atlantic?

400
This continent is also a country.
What is Australia?
500

This type of map shows many things, including vegetation

What is a land resource map?

500

The main line of longitude (zero degrees) 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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