Maps
Map Terms
General Terms
Location and such
Culture and the rest
100
This type of map will give you cities, capitals, states, countries and/or continents.
What is Political?
100
This is a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a penisula?
100
If you are given exact coordinates, you must be dealing with this type of location.
What is Absolute Location?
100
Which hemisphere (remember it could be two) is the United States in?
What is the Northwestern?
100
Three examples of culture.
What is ________________________, _______________________, and ______________________?
200
This type of map shows you mountains, lakes, rivers, plains, etc.
What is a Physical Map
200
This is a thin or narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
What is an Isthmus?
200
If you live in a large city with large buildings, streets, cars, buses, etc, you live in a _______________ area.
What is Urban?
200
If your giving someone directions and you use terms like, "next to the corner store" you are giving which type of location.
What is Relative Location?
200
This is when one or more cultures mixes with another.
What is Cultural Diffusion?
300
This type of map will give you an idea about a regions weather (temp, wet, dry, etc)
What is a climate map?
300
This is the area where the ocean meets the land (can also be large lakes).
What is the coastline?
300
If you live in an area that has lots of open land, farms and farm animals, you live in a __________________ area.
What is Rural Area?
300
If you have an address or map coordinates, you must be dealing with this type of location.
What is Absolute?
300
This is the common name given to the following maps :Population Density, Climate and Land and Resource.
What is a Thematic Map?
400
This type of map will let you know how land is used.
What is a Land and Resource Map?
400
You need one of these to help determine what items can be found of a map.
What is the key or legend?
400
The divisions of our global (we have four halves).
What are the hemispheres?
400
List the layers of location from smallest to largest.
What is city, state, country, and continent?
400
This is the capital city of Texas.
What is Austin?
500
If you needed to know how many people live in the deserts of Africa, you would need this type of map.
What is a Population Map?
500
This is located on most (if not all) maps, it lets you know which way is north, south, east or west.
What is the Compass Rose?
500
People that spend their time growing crops (farms) or herding animals are engaged in __________________________________
What is agriculture?
500
Name three reasons to live by a river.
What ________, __________, and _________________?
500
In the layers of location diagram, what is the second step up from city.
What is the state?
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