Continents
A large, cold continent in the Southern Hemisphere that is mostly uninhabited
What is Antarctica?
The number of oceans in the world
What is five?
A type of map that shows the state and national boundaries
What is a political map?
The part of a map that shows the cardinal directions
What is a compass rose?
This theme of geography can be represented as absolute or relative
What is location?
The largest continent in the world
What is Asia?
This ocean covers more than 30% of the Earth's surface
What is the Pacific Ocean?
A type of map that shows the natural landscape of a place
What is a physical map?
These are the imaginary lines that run east to west around the world
What are lines of latitude or parallels?
The physical and human characteristics of a location
What is place?
The continent where you will find Germany, Italy, and Spain
What is Europe?
The smallest ocean in the world
What is the Arctic Ocean?
A type of map that shows things such as precipitation, temperature, and wind patterns
What is a climate map?
The imaginary line at 0° latitude that separates the world into Northern and Southern hemispheres
What is the Prime Meridian?
Imports and exports are examples of this theme of geography
What is movement?
The continent that consists of three large countries and all seven countries of Central America
What is North America?
This ocean borders five continents, the most of any ocean
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This type of map is best used for figuring out how to get from one place to another
What is a road map?
The part of the map that shows the symbols, colors, and features of a map
What is the map key or legend?
How a location is broken up into different parts and the similarities and differences among them
What is region?
A group of islands that includes Australia, New Zealand and 12 other countries
What is Oceania?
The only ocean that goes all the way around the globe
What is the Southern Ocean?
A type of map that contains detailed graphic representations of Earth's surface and uses contour lines or colors to show differences in elevation
What is a topographic map?
These lines run North and South, including the 0 degree line called the Prime Meridian.
What are the Lines of Longitude
Most people in Egypt living around the Nile River due to its fertile soil and transportation opportunities is an example of this theme of geography
What is human-environment interaction?