Vocabulary
Types of Maps
Oceans
Continents
Miscellaneous
100
shoes us the whole world on a flat piece of paper.
What is a map?
100
A map that shows the physical characteristics of a place like mountains and rivers and other landforms.
What is a physical map?
100
The 5 oceans of the world.
What are Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern?
100
The southern most continent.
What is Antarctica?
100
North, South, East, and West
What are cardinal directions?
200
shoes us a model of the earth that shows a country's true shape.
What is a globe?
200
A map that shows borders of states and continents.
What is a political map?
200
The ocean that borders the United States on the west.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
200
The seven continents of the world.
What are Antarctica, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia?
200
a star on a map
What is the commonly used symbol to represent a state capital?
300
Imaginary lines on a map or globe. They run east and west or north and south.
What are latitude and longitude lines?
300
A map that focuses on a specific theme like the weather of a certain area or areas that produce certain products.
What is a thematic map?
300
The northern most ocean.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
300
South of Europe
Where is Africa located?
300
The two states that border New Jersey on the west.
What are Pennsylvania and Delaware?
400
The name for a set of pointers that show directions.
What is a compass rose?
400
The map that will be used to find the states that border New Jersey.
What is a political map?
400
The ocean between Africa and Australia
What is the Indian Ocean?
400
West of Asia
Where is Europe located?
400
The exact spot on Earth where something is.
What is absolute location?
500
Allows us to estimate real distances on earth.
What is a map scale?
500
The map that would be used to find the landforms on a trip through New Jersey.
What is a physical map?
500
The ocean that borders New Jersey on the southeast.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
500
The continent that is completely surrounded by water.
What is Australia?
500
The location of something in comparison to something else.
What is relative location?
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