Maps and Landforms

Types of Maps

100

I am a type of map that shows roads, highways, and railroads.

Street Map

200

I show the physical features of a place like rivers, mountains, forests, and lakes. What am I?

Physical Map

300

I show what the weather is usually like over many years using colors on a key. I help people know what climate is common in different places. What kind of map am I?

Climate Map

400

 I show the boundaries of places such as countries or states. I can help you find where one state ends and another begins. What kind of map am I?

Political Map

500

I help people see how high or low the land is. I show differences in elevation and land shape using lines. What kind of map am I?

Topographical Map

Parts of a Map

100

I show North, South, East, and West. What am I?

Compass

200

I show how long the distance is between two places. A can represent different amounts. What am I?

Map Scale

300

I show what everything is and what everything means on a map. 

Map Key

(Double Jeopardy!) 

Landforms

100

Raised area of land.

Hill

200

I am land surrounded by water on all sides. What am I?

Island

300

I am an opening in Earth’s crust that can erupt with hot gases and melted rock. What am I?

Volcano

400

 I am a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land. What am I?

Glacier

500

I am a large area of high, flat land (remember a plate is flat). What am I?

Plateau

More Landforms

100

Raised area of land with sometimes snowy steep peaks.

Mountain 

200

I am a large body of water surrounded by land. What am I?

Lake

300

I am a large, flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean. What am I?

River

500

I am an area of land surrounded by water on 3 sides. What am I?

Peninsula