Continents
Thematic Maps
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Part 2
Directions
100
This is continent number 1 on the world map
What is North America?
100
What resource is found between Beijing and Zhengzhou?
What is Coal?
100
An imaginary line of latitude that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern hemisphere.
What is the Equator?
100
The northern and southern most points on the globe
What is pole?
100
If you traveled from Iowa to Georgia you would travel in this direction
What is Southeast?
200
This is continent number 2 on the world map
What is South America?
200
This is the economic activity found in Shanghai
What is manufacturing and trade?
200
Means half a sphere and is a term that refers to half of the earth.
What is Hemisphere?
200
The four directions represented on the compass
What are North, South, East and West?
200
To travel from Texas to South Dakota you would go this direction
What is North?
300
This is continent number 3 on the world map
What is Europe?
300
This resource can be found in the northeast, the east, the northwest, and the south
What is Iron?
300
0 degree imaginary line of longitude that seperates the world into easter and western hemisphere.
What is the Prime Meridian?
300
A map that shows man-made political boundaries such as countries.
What is a political map?
300
Traveling from Kansas to Washington you travel in this direction
What is Northwest?
400
This is continent number 4 on the world map
What is Africa?
400
True or False: Hydroelectric power is found in the west
What is False?
400
A figure on a map that is used to show direction.
What is a compass rose?
400
A map that shows information about a specific topic or theme
What is a Thematic map?
400
Traveling from England to South Africa you travel this direction
What is South?
500
This is continent number 6 on the world map
What is Australia?
500
This economic activity is found in almost every city on the map
What is manufacturing and trade?
500
Explains the colors or symbols used on a map.
What is a Map Key or Legend?
500
A map that shows natural, physical features of the eart, such as land elevation
What is a Physical Map?
500
Traveling from the Artic Ocean to the Indian Ocean requires you to travel in this direction.
What is Southeast?
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