oceans and seas
This body of water is the largest body of water in the world.
The Pacific ocean
What is the name for a map made in you head?
Mental Map.
The average weather in a certain area over a prolonged time period
Climate
Measuring 0° latitude, this imaginary belt circles the widest part of the Earth and separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
The Equator
Home to more than half the world's population, this is the largest continent on Earth.
Asia
This body of water separates the U.S.A from Mexico
Rio Grande
Often found in a corner of a map this acts as the map's dictionary translating symbols for the user
A Legend(Map key)
This four-letter term describes regions like the Sahara that receive very little rainfall.
Arid
These lines, also known as 'parallels,' run east to west around the globe but measure distance north or south of the Equator.
latitude
Often called an 'island continent,' it is both a single country and the smallest continent in the world.
Australia
this body of water is the largest sea in the world
Philippine Sea
This specific type of map uses closed loops to represent the vertical elevation.
Topographic map
How is climate determined?
averaging weather patterns over a long period of time.
While latitude lines are 'flat,' these lines (also called 'meridians') run from pole to pole and measure distance east or west.
Lines of longitude
This continent has no permanent residents and is covered by an ice sheet that holds about 70% of the world's fresh water.
Antarctica
what is the ocean closest to the north pole?
The arctic ocean
Globe
what is It called when a place has not gotten rain for an extensive period of time?
A Drought
On a map, this 'Prime' line of longitude is assigned a value of exactly zero degrees.
Prime Meridian
These two continents are connected by the Isthmus of Panama and share 'America' in their names.
North and South America
what three continents does the Mediterranean Sea border?
Europe, Asia, and Africa
whats the name of a map that shows borders?
A political map
whats another name for a wet forest?
Rain forest.
When these two coordinates are combined, they provide this type of 'location' a precise point that no other place on Earth shares.
Absolute location
The Nile River flows through this continent, which is the second-largest and second-most-populous in the world.
Africa