Map Masters
This map feature explains what symbols mean.
What is a map key or legend?
“The school is across from the church” is an example of this kind of location.
What is relative location?
Geographers divide the world into these areas to make places easier to study and compare.
What are regions?
Most of Earth’s water is this type of water.
What is saltwater?
This word means the shared behaviors, beliefs, and values passed from one generation to the next.
What is culture?
This map feature shows north, south, east, and west.
What is a compass rose?
This kind of location gives a place’s exact position using coordinates.
What is absolute location?
Virginia has official boundaries and is an example of this type of region.
What is a formal region?
These flowing bodies of freshwater supply water to many communities and farms.
What are rivers?
When food, music, or traditions spread from one place to another, this process occurs.
What is cultural diffusion?
This type of map shows countries, states, cities, and boundaries.
What is a political map?
This measures distance north or south of the equator.
What is latitude?
A pizza shop’s delivery area is an example of this type of region.
What is a functional region?
This deep, narrow valley with steep sides is often carved by a river.
What is a canyon?
A hurricane forces a family to leave its home. This is this type of push factor.
What is an environmental push factor?
A hiker uses this type of map to see elevation and steep slopes.
What is a topographic map?
This measures distance east or west of the prime meridian.
What is longitude?
Someone calls an area “the friendliest part of town.” This region is based on feelings and opinions.
What is a perceptual region?
At this type of plate boundary, Earth’s tectonic plates move apart.
What is a divergent boundary?
In this economic system, the government controls economic decisions.
What is a command economy?
A map scale shows that 1 inch equals 10 miles. Two places are 4 inches apart. This is their actual distance.
What is 40 miles?
In the coordinates 33° N, 44° E, this number represents the latitude.
What is 33° N?
A bus service connects several neighborhoods to one station. This type of region is organized around a center or service.
What is a functional region?
This bay is the largest estuary in the United States, where freshwater mixes with saltwater.
What is Chesapeake Bay?
A population pyramid has a wide base showing many young children. This generally suggests a higher rate of this.
What is the birth rate?