Map Elements
This element shows who created the map
What is author?
This theme refers to how people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
What is movement?
Shows mountains, valleys, and bodies of water.
What is a physical map?
What is the line of latitude at 0 degrees?
What is the equator?
The study of the natural characteristics of Earth. globe map physical geography human geography
What is physical geography
This is a box that has the labels and symbols for reference
What is a legend/key?
This theme explores how people adapt to and use their surroundings.
What is Human Environment Interaction?
Shows the elevation of an area with contour lines
What is topographical map?
The study of the Earth and the ways people interact with the Earth
What is geography?
A spherical or ball shaped, model of the entire planet
What is a globe?
This shows the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground
What is scale?
This theme explores how geographers use directions such as north, south, east, and west to identify where a city, state, country is found absolutely or relatively
What is location?
Shows the average temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, etc. of a place
What is a climate map?
There are 7 of these landmasses on Earth
What is a continent?
A visual representation of an area
What is a map?
What is title?
This theme divides the world into geographic units such as cities, states, and countries- or such things as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East."
What is region?
Shows the borders of states, countries and capital cities
What is a political map?
an area of land that has common features
What is a region?
A figure on a map that shows directions such as east, west, south, and north.
What is a compass rose?
Element that shows cardinal and intermediate directions.
What is compass rose?
This theme explores human and/or physical features such as the population of a city or the climate of particular area.
What is place?
This shows the interstates and the highways and is used for directions and transport
What is a road map?
An organizing framework for geographic inquiry that includes 5 different elements
What is the 5 themes of geography?
What is the imaginary line called at 0 degrees longitude?
The prime meridian