Maps
This part of the map tells the directions - North, South, West, and East.
What is the compass rose?
This is the number of continents in the world.
What is 7?
I am a line that runs from North to South.
What is longitude?
I am land that is completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
I am raised mound of land less than 2,000 feet high.
What is a hill?
I use this map tool to find the total miles between New York and Houston.
What is the map scale?
I live on this continent.
What is North America?
I am located at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the Equator?
I am a group or chain of islands.
What is an archipelago?
I am a body of water with names like Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Artic and Southern.
What is an ocean?
This part of the map tells the purpose of the map.
What is the title?
Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast.... What are these directions called?
What are intermediate directions?
The location of the Prime Meridian.
What is 0 degrees longitude?
I am a strip of land almost completely surrounded by water.
What is a peninsula?
This ocean is located near the North Pole.
What is the Artic Ocean?
I can find the meaning of any symbol on a map using this.
What is the may legend?
The Equator separates the Northern and Southern half of the earth. What are these halves called?
What are hemispheres?
I separate the Western Hemisphere from the Eastern Hemisphere.
What is the Prime Meridian?
I am a body of water located near Galveston that feeds into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
I am a narrow water way connecting two larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
This type of map shows borders and other manmade features.
What is a political map?
A corridor allows for the transport of people, products and services. A _______ does not allow for the transport of people, products and services.
What is a barrier?
I use 2 of these to find an absolute location on a map.
What are coordinates?
I am a narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land.
What is an isthmus?
This ocean spans from North America to Asia.
What is the Pacific Ocean?