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Geography
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Maps
Maps
Don't Pick Me!
100
The study of Earth and the way people live on it and use it.
What is geography?
100
An imaginary line, or parallel, measuring distance north or south of the equator.
What is latitude?
100

What is the capital of New York? 

Albany

100
A guide telling you what each symbol on a map stands for.
What is a map key or legend?
100

What does D.C. stand for in Washington D.C.? 

District of Columbia 

200
Earth's seven large bodies of land.
What is a continent?
200
A line of latitude.
What is a parallel or what is the Equator?
200

What continent do we live in? 

North America

200
A symbol that indicates cardinal directions.
What is a compass rose?
200
What is the largest continent? 

Asia

300
Earth's four large bodies of water
What is an ocean?
300
An imaginary line, or meridian, measuring east or west of the prime meridian.
What is a longitude line?
300

What ocean do we live closest to? 

Atlantic
300
A map that shows the boundaries of states and countries.
What is a political map?
300

What is the smallest continent? 

Australia 

400
Earth can be divided into four of these.
What is a hemisphere?
400
Any line of longitude east or west of Earth's prime meridian.
What is a meridian?
400

What two countries share a border with the United States? 

Canada and Mexico

400
A map that highlights Earth's natural features.
What is a physical map?
400

What is the largest country by land mass? 

Russia 

500
An imaginary line encircling Earth halfway between the North and South Pole.
What is the equator?
500
The line of longitude labeled 0 degrees longitude.
What is the prime meridian?
500
Something that stands for something else on a map.
What is a symbol?
500
A physical map that uses lines to show elevation on a map.
What is a topographic map?
500

What is the largest river in the world? 

Nile River