Definitions
Half of a globe.
hemisphere?
Which type of map shows the borders between countries?
Political map
Largest and most populated continent.
What is Asia?
This ocean is frozen year round.
What is the Arctic?
Name the four cardinal directions.
North, East, South, West
The study of the earth.
geography?
Which type of map shows the height of the land?
Elevation map
Second largest continent. Also only continent to lie in all 4 hemispheres.
What is Africa?
This ocean is the world's largest.
What is the Pacific?
Name the 4 intermediate directions.
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
Change in the shape and size of an object on a map.
distortion?
Which type of map shows where mountains and plains are located?
Physical map
Home of the world's largest rain forest and largest river.
What is South America?
This ocean is closest to where we live.
What is the Atlantic?
This divides a map and globe into spaces. Geographers use pairs of letters and numbers to quickly identify a place.
What is a coordinate grid?
The largest areas of land. There are seven of these.
continents?
What is the purpose of a map scale?
To show how far away a place is in real life.
Largest island.
What is Australia?
This ocean is named after the highly populated country just north of it.
What is the Indian?
Name one advantage and disadvantage of a globe.
A globe is very accurate in showing the continents however it is difficult to carry around.
The area at the top or bottom of a globe.
What are poles?
What is the purpose of a map key?
To show what symbols represent.
Only continent that has every kind of climate.
What is North America?
This ocean is located near Antartica.
What is Southern?
Name one advantage and disadvantage of a map.
A map is easy to carry around however it shows distortion near the poles.