Map Elements
Types of maps
Themes of geography
Grid reference
Regions and Movement
100
What is this image called?
What is a Compass Rose?
100
This type of map is used to show mountains, lakes, deserts, etc.
What is a physical map?
100
Location, Place, Movement, Human Environment Interaction, and Region
What are the 5 themes of geography?
100
Numbers found on this map's X axis
What are 12-24
100
This is the region of the US that Rhode Island is found in.
What is the Northeast?
200
A box that explains colors or symbols used on a map?
What is a Map Key? (or Legend)
200
This type of map shows country/state borders, city boundaries, and names.
What is a political map?
200
Location can be divided into these two categories.
What are Relative and Absolute?
200
The imaginary line that runs north and south at 0ยบ but divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
What is the prime meridian?
200
What is a refugee?
A person forced out of their home
300
Imaginary lines that run north and south on a globe
What are lines of longitude?
300
This type of thematic map may show wind patterns, rainfall, and areas of high or low air pressure.
What is a weather map?
300
Every place on earth can be described by its physical and human characteristics. This theme is
Place
300
The information that lets you know how big an area on a map actually is.
What is a map scale?
300
What is the definition of immigration
When a person moves INTO a country
400
The name for the imaginary line that runs east to west at 0 degrees latitude on a map or a globe?
What is the equator?
400
Name this type of thematic map.
What is a topographic map
400
An example of modifying the environment is
Building a school, building a road, etc
400
While orbiting the Earth, four of these are used at one time by GPS to pinpoint your location
What are satellites?
400
What is the definition of emigration
When a person moves OUT of a country
500
The feature that tells you what the map you are looking at represents?
What is the title?
500
Climate maps, population maps, and resource maps are all this type of map.
What is a thematic map/
500
A group of areas or places with similar characteristics
What is a region?
500
What maps would be best used if you were going to navigate a water way?
What is a nautical chart?
500
Regions of the Earth that are defined by the climate and what lives and grows there because of that climate?
What are Biomes?