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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
The four main points of the compass.
What are cardinal directions?
100
A guide telling you what eash symbol on a map stands for.
What is a map key?
100
A physical map that uses colors to show the elevation of land above sea level.
What is an elevation map?
200

One of Earth's seven large bodies of land.

What is a continent?

200
A line of latitude.
What is a parallel?
200

Mexico and Canada

What are the countries to the south and north of the US?

200
A small map inset in the corner of a larger map that helps you understand where the subjeect area is located on Earth.
What is a locator?
200
A map that indicates cities, highways, and points of interest and shows how to get from one place to another.
What is a road map?
300

One of Earth's five large bodies of water

What is an ocean?

300
An imaginary line, or meridian, measuring east or west of the prime meridian.
What is longitude?
300

Asia

What is the largest continent?

300
A map that shows the boundaries of states and countries.
What is a political map?
300
A map that shows information about the past or where past events took place.
What is a historical map?
400
One half of a sphere or globe. 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
A guide that explains the relationship between real distances on Earth and distances on a map.
What is a scale?
400
A map that highlights Earth's natural features.
What is a physical map?
400

Another term for parallel

What is a latitude?

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

Western and Northern Hemispheres

What hemispheres is the US within?

500
A physical map that uses shading to show the difference in height between areas of land.
What is a relief map?
500
There are seven of these on Earth.
What is a continent?