Features of a Map
This feature explains what the symbols on a map mean.
What is a legend (or key)?
This country's flag has 50 stars on it.
What is the United States of America?
This type of map shows directions to treasure.
What is a treasure map?
This famous clock tower is located in London, England.
What is Big Ben?
Sacramento is the capital of this state, home to Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
What is California?
This shows the directions on a map, usually pointing to North.
What is a compass?
This country's flag has a red maple leaf on a white background with red borders.
What is Canada?
This type of map shows the physical features of an area, including mountains and valleys.
What is a topographic map?
This ancient wonder of the world is located in Giza, Egypt.
What are the Pyramids?
This state capital shares its name with a famous president and is the capital of Nebraska.
What is Lincoln?
These imaginary lines on a map run from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What are lines of longitude?
The flag of this country has a yellow crescent moon and five stars on a red background.
What is China?
A map that shows the distribution of weather patterns or climatic conditions.
What is a climate map?
This is where the summer 2024 Olympics were held.
What is Paris, France?
This "Mile High City" is the capital of Colorado.
What is Denver?
This tells you how the distance on the map relates to real-world distance.
What is scale?
This country's flag features a white cross on a red background.
What is Switzerland?
This kind of map shows the political boundaries between countries and states.
What is a political map?
This ancient Incan city is located high in the Andes Mountains of Peru.
What is Machu Picchu?
This capital is the southernmost of the contiguous United States
What is Tallahassee? (Capital of Florida)
This line on a map runs horizontally at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the equator?
What is Mexico?
A map that shows the distribution of natural resources in an area.
What is a resource map?
This statue is found in New York City and was gifted to us by France.
What is the statue of Liberty
This state capital is the westernmost in the contiguous United States.
What is Olympia? (Capital of Washington)