Map Skills
On the world map
Vocabulary
Where you live
Trivia
100
What do you call a round representation of a map?
What is a globe?
100
The seven largest bodies of land are called
What is continents?
100
A drawing showing a place from above is called this.
What is a map?
100

What is the name of the state you live in?

What is Virginia?

100
What is the capital of the United States?
What is Washington, D.C.?
200
What would you use to figure out direction on a map?
What is the compass rose?
200
The five large bodies of water are called
What is oceans?
200
This tells you what the map is a drawing of
What is the title?
200

What is the capital of the state you live in?

What is Richmond?

200
Which two U.S. states do not touch any other state?
What are Alaska and Hawaii?
300
If I wanted to know exactly where something is on a map what would I use?
What is a grid?
300
What is the coldest continent
What is Antarctica ?
300
This is used to tell direction on a map.
What is a the compass rose?
300

What is the abbreviation for our state?

What is VA?

300
Which is the biggest of the 7 continents?
What is Asia?
400
What are three different landforms that can we can see on a map?
What are bay, lake, ocean, river, hill, island, mountain, plain ,plateau or valley?
400
What are the names of the three countries that make up North America?
What are Canada, Mexico and the United States
400
This includes symbols that represent objects or places.
What is a map key or legend?
400
How many states are there?
What is 50?
400
What do you call a piece of land that has water all around it?
What is an island?
500
How can you use a map key to help you read a map?
What is it tells you what all of the symbols on a map represent or mean?
500
What are the names of the seven continents?
What are North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa and Antarctica?
500
What is a border?
What is an imaginary line between to places?
500

What county do you live in?

James City County

500
What do you call a line that separates two countries or two states?
What is a border?