Types of Maps
Map Vocabulary
Map Skills Potpourri
Oceans
Parts of a map
100
This map is a 3-D representation of the earth.
What is a globe?
100
This is a book full of maps.
What is an atlas?
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 below the equator and runs between South America and Antarctica.
What is the Southern Ocean?
100
This shows the cardinal directions on a map.
What is the compass rose?
200
This map all the continents and the oceans on earth.
What is a world map?
200
These are the lines that run North to South and East to West on the world map.
What are latitude and longtitude?
200
These lines show the edges or limits of each continent, country, state, or city.
What are boundaries?
200
The continents that border this ocean are Africa, Asia, Australia.
What is the Indian Ocean?
200
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
What are intermediate directions?
300
This kind of map shows the 50 states in our country.
What is a United States map?
300
The line that cut the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere.
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 the southern most land mass in the world.
What is Antarctica?
400
This type of map shows what the weather is like in different places.
What is a weather map?
400
These are drawings that represent landmarks on a map.
What are symbols?
400
The key to understanding maps is to use this.
What is the legend?
400
This ocean is the ocean borders Eastern United States.
What is the Atlantic?
400
This continent is also a country.
What is Australia?
500
This type of map shows one room or building.
What is a floor plan?
500
A computerized navigation system designed to help you find your way.
What is GPS?
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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