Map Skills
Landforms
Bodies of Water
100

What part of a map tells you what the map is about?

Map title

100

What is a landform?

a natural feature of Earth's surface 

100

Which body of water is a LARGE body of salt water? 

Ocean

200

What part of a map tells you what the symbols mean?

Map key

200

Which landform is very high and has steep sides? 

Mountain

200

Which body of water is flowing water? 

river

300

What tool on a map shows north, east, south, and west? 

Compass rose

300

Look at this picture. What landfrom do you see?

plateau

300

Ms. Bennett wants to swim in water that has land on all sides. What body of water is she describing? 

Lake

400

Why are maps important? 

they tell us where things are!

400

Look at this landform. What is it? 

island 

400

What body of water am I? 

waterfall