Parts of a Map
The map element that explains what is being shown on a map
Title
An Atlas
How many hemispheres are there?
Four - Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres
How many Continents and Oceans are there?
7 continents 5 Oceans
This landform makes up 71% of the entire Globe
What is oceans
Shows the relationship between the distance on a map and the distance in real life
Map Scale
A type of map that shows boundaries
A Political map
What is latitude
Which Continent has no permanent residents?
Antarctica
Which landform has the highest elevation?
What is a mountain
The map element that shows direction
Compass Rose
A type of map that shows physical geographic features
Physical map
What are lines of Longitude
Which Ocean is closest to our current location?
The Atlantic Ocean
What is the fan-shaped plain at the mouth of the river?
What is a Delta
The map element that shows when the map was made
Date
A type of map that shows elevation in a small area
Topographic map
Lines that got east and west but measure North and South
What are lines of latitude
Which continent is called "The Mother Continent"?
What is Africa
What is a narrow strip of land that joins two large land areas?
What is an Isthmus
The map element that defines what the symbols and pictures mean on the map
Key/legend
A type of map that shows economic activity in an area
An economic/resource map
When plotting or finding coordinates, which do you find first?
what is Latitude
What is the smallest continent?
Australia/Oceana
What is a group of islands called?
What is an archipelago