General Geo
Geography Tools
Maps, Maps, Maps
Map Elements
RANDOM
100

The study of the earth, its features, and its people.

What is geography?

100

A 3D model of the earth.

What is a globe?

100
This kind of map shows major highways, airports, cities, and railroad tracks.

What is a road map?

100

Direction on a map is shown by this.

What is a compass rose?

100

Examining details to discover or reveal something.

What is analyzing?

200

The spread of ideas, disease, or technology.

What is diffusion?

200

Photographs that are taken from the sky.

What are aerial photographs?

200

This kind of map shows the features of an area such as mountains, rivers, and lakes.

What is a physical map?

200

Graphics on a map are represented by these.

What are symbols?

200
An area of the world that has definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

What is a region?

300

The movement of a group of people or animals.

What is migration?

300

Visual symbols of data.

What are infographics?

300

This type of map shows the average weather of a region.

What is a climate map?

300

A series of vertical and horizontal lines running across a map.

What is a grid?

300

A map in your head.

What is a mental map?

400

A flat representation of a part of Earth.

What is a map?

400

A place that stores information.

What is a database?

400

This type of map shows the distribution of various resources.

What is a resource map?

400

This helps a map reader find a specific location.

What is the index?

400

How many continents are there in the world?

What is 7?

500

A compiled book of maps.

What is an atlas?

500

A computer-based program used to store, manage and analyze data.

What is GIS or Geographic Information System?

500

This type of map includes contour lines to show the elevation or height of an area.

What is a topographical map?

500

The small box in a corner or on the side of a map.

What is the legend?

500

A region based on feelings and ideas of a place.

What is perceptual?

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