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

This map shows themes or patterns such as natural resources, population,  or climate.

What is a special purpose map?

100
Lines of longitude are also called this.
What are meridians?
100

The study of earth, climate, landforms, bodies of water and natural resources of a specific place.

What is geography?

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?
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

This kind of map shows that groups of people in certain parts of Virginia speak Spanish, while groups in another park speak Urdu.

What is a language 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 covered by glaciers.

What is Antarctica?

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

These two continents are entirely south of the equator.

What is the Antarctica and Australia?

400
This ocean is the ocean that includes Virginia Beach and Myrtle Beach.
What is the Atlantic?
400

This lists and explains the symbols on a map

What is a map key or legend?

500

The information on this map is mostly about.


What are the biggest exports in each country?

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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