These lines run east and west and north and south of the equator.
What is longitude and latitude?
100
This type of map shows areas that have common features. It may be population, language, or religion for example.
What is a region map?
100
This is the region that Florida is located.
What is the Southeast region?
100
These lines run horizontally. (Left to right)
What are the lines of latitude?
100
This is the study of Earth
What is geography?
200
This helps the reader interpret the symbols that appear on maps.
What is a map key?
200
This map shows the distance or height of land above sea level. It also allows you to compare and contrast different landforms.
What is an elevation map?
200
True or False: A Regions map could also show employment statistics or natural resources.
What is True?
200
This line is at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the equator?
200
True or False: Each theme of geography tells us something different about a place.
What is True?
300
This shows distance on a map.
What is a scale?
300
This type of map sometimes includes dates that tell when events took place, and uses special symbols to show where battles or other types of events took place.
What is a historical map?
300
California is located in this region.
What is the West region?
300
These lines run north and south.
What are lines of longitude?
300
This is an example of human/environmental interaction in a community.
What is the building of roads, schools, homes, parks, bridges, or hospitals.
400
This looks like an arrow and shows the directions: north, south, east, and west.
What is a compass rose
400
These types of map gives specific information related to a certain theme. (population-density...the number of people living in an area, or satellite images)
What are special-purpose maps?
400
Texas is located here.
What is the Southwest region?
400
These lines run vertically on a map.
What are lines of longitude?
400
This is what may happen if there is too much movement in a region.
What is overcrowding?
500
This is a simple map usually set in the corner of a larger one. It shows the location of the larger map in the country or the world.
What is a locator map?
500
This map shows mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes, and oceans.
What is a physical map?
500
These are the names of the regions of the United States.
What is Northeast, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, and West?
500
This line is located at 0 degrees longitude.
What is the prime meridian?
500
These are the 5 Themes of Geography.
What are Location, Place, Human/Environmental Interaction, Movement, and Region?