Map Features
Directions
Elements of a map
Miscellaneous
100
What is this image called?
Compass Rose
100
Name the cardinal directions
North, South, East, West
100
An imaginary line of latitude dividing the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere.
Equator
100
There are 7 ________ .
continents
200
What box has symbols used on a map?
Map Key (or Legend)
200
Which continent is west of Europe?
North America
200
An imaginary line of longitude dividing the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere.
Prime Meridian
200
These important people create maps.
cartographers
300
What is this called? 
A scale
300
What continent is south of Australia?
Antarctica
300
These small pictures represent different things in a map legend.
symbols
300
How many oceans are there?
5 oceans
400
What does a scale measure on a map?
Distance
400
Name the intermediate directions.
northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest
400
A compass rose shows us ___________.
directions
400
_____________ lines are horizontal and run west to east.
latitude
500
How do you know what the map you are looking at represents?
The Title
500
Name the 7 continents
Asia, Europe, Australia, Antarctica, North America, South America, Africa
500
Which ocean is to the east of Florida?
Atlantic Ocean
500
Longitude lines are vertical and run _______ to ________.
north to south