The name of the map.
What is a title
These maps show features like mountains, vegetation, rivers and bodies of water.
What is a physical map
The study of places and the relationship people have with the environment.
What is geography
elevated or mountainous land
What is highland
This helps us find the location of features on the map.
What is a direction arrow
Maps that show administrative boundaries of countries or regions within a country.
What is a political map
The way humans interact with, adapt to or alter their environment.
What is human geography
Rounded highland below 600m
What is a hill
A symbolic representation of selected characteristics go a place, usually down on a flat surface.
What is a map
These maps use a dot symbol to show the presence of a feature.
What is a dot map.
The study of the Earth and its natural environment including climate, atmosphere, landforms and oceans.
What is physical geography
The highest point of a mountain
What is a summit
The describes the symbols and abbreviations found on the map.
What is a key
These maps show the distribution of rocks and rock types.
What are geological maps
Some characteristics may include common food, political systems and religious practices.
What is human geography
Curves or bends in a river which swing from side to side
What is a meander
Maps that show a large area but a small amount of details.
What is a small scale map
These maps show density
What are choropleth maps
To understand the physical environment and how it affects everyday life.
Why study geography
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses and separated two bodies of water.
What is an isthmus