Landforms
Continents
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Reading a Map
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100
Land that is entirely surrounded by water, and it is smaller than a continent.
What is an island?
100
The name of the continent that we live on. It is home to the countries: Mexico, Canada, U.S
What is North America?
100
The capitol of Florida.
What is Tallahassee?
100
Helps tell the distance between places on a map.
What is the scale of miles?
100
A round model that represents the Earth.
What is a globe?
200
One of the Earth's four largest bodies of water.
What is an ocean?
200
The continent that is covered in ice all year long. No one lives on it but many scientists and tourists visit it. There are no "countries".
What is Antarctica?
200
The capitol of Georgia.
What is Atlanta?
200
This stands for something real on a map.
What is a symbol?
200
The shape that a globe is.
What is a sphere?
300
Low land that is between hills or mountains.
What is a valley?
300
This whole continent is in the northern hemisphere. It is home to countries such as Belgium, Sweden and Italy.
What is Europe?
300
The capitol of North Carolina.
What is Raleigh?
300
A map key is a list of _____ and ______ that help you read the map.
What are symbols and meanings?
300
A word that means half of a sphere.
What is a hemisphere?
400
An area of high flat land.
What is a plateua?
400
This continent is home to the largest rainforest in the world. It is home to countries such as Bolivia, Argentina and Peru.
What is South America?
400
The capitol of Virginia?
What is Richmond?
400
A tool on the map that shows the cardinal directions: N, S, E, W.
What is a compass rose?
400
The name of the imaginary line that runs around the Earth and separates it into the northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the equator?
500
A wall built across a river to stop or slow down the flow of water.
What is a dam?
500
This continent is the largest continent by size and also has the largest population than any other continent. Almost 60% of all the people in the world live on this continent. It is home to countries such as Thailand, Singapore, and India.
What is Asia?
500
The capitol of the United States of America?
What is Washington D.C?
500
Sometimes a compass rose will have more than 4 directions. Name ONE of the other directions a compass rose can show.
What is northwest, southwest, northeast or southeast?
500
The name of the ocean located at the top of the world where the north pole is.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
600
Land surrounded by water on all three sides.
What is a peninsula?
600
This continent is also the name of the only country on the continent.
What is Australia?
600
The capitol of Texas.
What is Austin.
600
According to the key, which item is east of the campfire?
What are rowboats?
600
The Earth's land used to be all together, in one huge continent called
What is pangea?
700
A large, moving block of ice.
What are glaciers?
700
This continent is the second largest continent. It had some of the very first civilizations. It is now home to countries such as Egypt, Morocco, Kenya and Nigeria.
What is Africa?
700
The capitol of California.
What is Sacramento?
700
What kind of map would show the most detail?
What is a map of a state or city?
700
The entire world is divided into ___________. This means that different cities, states or countries have a different time. Places can be grouped to have the same time.
What are timezones?