Team Themes
This term refers to the exact coordinates where a place is found, often given in latitude and longitude.
What is exact location?
This is the largest ocean on Earth, covering more than 63 million square miles and bordering Asia, Australia, and the Americas.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This tool on a map helps you find your way by showing the four cardinal directions: North, South, East, and West.
What is a compass rose?
This term refers to the way of life of a group of people, including their food, language, traditions, and religion.
What is culture?
This term refers to a policy where people can travel freely between countries with little or no border restrictions.
What are open borders?
This theme focuses on the physical and human characteristics that make a location SPECIAL, including mountains, rivers, and culture.
What is place?
This river in Egypt is the longest in the world and has been the lifeblood of Egyptian civilization for thousands of years.
What is the Nile River?
These vertical lines stretch from the North Pole to the South Pole and are used to measure distances east or west of the Prime Meridian.
What is longitude?
People living near the coast often eat a lot of this type of food, thanks to their proximity to the ocean.
What is seafood?
This term refers to an area where two countries meet, often marked by physical barriers, checkpoints, or natural features like rivers or mountains.
What is a border?
This theme explains how people, goods, and ideas travel from one place to another, like the spread of technology or trade.
What is movement?
The largest continent, this landmass contains countries such as China, India, and Russia, and has the tallest mountain on Earth.
What is Asia?
Also known as a key, this part of a map explains what the colors and symbols mean, like a tree symbol for a forest.
What is a legend?
This aspect of culture includes the festivals, holidays, and customs passed down through generations.
What are traditions?
In this type of border policy, strict immigration control is enforced, and entry is tightly regulated, such as in North Korea or during certain pandemic restrictions.
What are closed borders?
This theme studies how people change their environment and how they adapt to it, such as using air conditioning in hot climates.
What is human-environment interaction?
This vast tropical rainforest is often called the "lungs of the Earth" and spans several countries in South America.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
These lines are used together to provide a "grid" system, allowing you to find places like 40°N, 74°W (hint: New York City).
What are longitude and latitude?
In warm, tropical areas, you’re more likely to see people wearing this type of clothing to stay cool.
What is light clothing?
This border security measure is a physical structure built to control immigration or prevent smuggling, and notable examples include the Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall.
What is a border wall?
The Great Plains of the United States is a well-known example of this geographic division, known for its flat land and agriculture.
What is a region?
This vast, flat region of North America is known for its fertile soil and is often referred to as the "breadbasket" of the world.
What are the Great Plains?
If you need to figure out how far apart two cities are on a map, you would use this tool, usually represented by a line with numbers.
What is a scale?
This geographic factor often isolates communities, leading to the development of distinct languages and dialects over time.
What are mountains?
A major point of discussion in U.S. immigration policy, this country's southern border with the United States is one of the most frequently crossed international borders in the world.
What is Mexico?