Vocab
Mountains, plateaus, and valleys are all examples of this type of physical feature.
Landforms
A student says their town is "across from the library and next to the post office."What type of location is this an example of?
Relative
Which theme explains how people, goods, and ideas travel from one place to another?
Movement
What geographic tool shows the true shape and size of the continents most accurately?
Globe
This type of map shows natural features like mountains, rivers, and deserts.
Physical map
This word describes the average weather of a place over many years, not just what it's doing today.
Climate
A student gives their school's location as 44°N, 69°W. What type of location is this?
Absolute
Which theme groups places together because they share certain characteristics?
Region
Which part of a map explains what the symbols and colors mean?
Key (legend)
Which type of map would you use to find the capital city of Brazil?
Political map
Which branch of geography studies people, their cultures, and how they use and change places?
Human geography
Name the three primary ways humans interact with their environment.
Depend on it, adapt to it, modify it
Maine is part of New England, the United States, and the Northern Hemisphere. Which theme is this?
Region
Mapmakers have developed different types of these to represent the Earth on a flat surface.
Map projections
Which part of a map would you use to figure out the real-world distance between two cities?
Scale
Which branch of geography studies the natural features of Earth, like landforms, climate, water, and ecosystems?
Physical geography
A coastal town builds a seawall to protect homes from storm surge. Which theme is this?
Human-Environment Interaction
Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island show which theme?
Movement
A hiker wants to know how steep a mountain is. This type of map uses contour lines to show elevation.
Topographic map
A driver is planning a trip from Portland to Bangor. Which type of map would be the best choice?
Road map (A specialty purpose map)
Name the term for the movement of people from one place to another in order to live there.
Migration
A town has rocky coastline and cold winters, and its residents speak English and French. Which theme is being described, and what two types of characteristics are being used?
Place; physical and human characteristics
A phone is assembled in Asia and sold in a Maine store. Which theme does this show, and how does it connect the two places?
Movement; it links people and places through trade
Name the two main things a physical map uses colors to show.
Elevation (height of land) and bodies of water (or landforms)
This part of a map shows users areas that are outside the main area of a map, but related to the map's focus.
Inset maps