Where am I?
What city is ICCA located in?
Jamaica Estates
The northern most point on the globe is called this...
North Pole
How many continents are there?
7
What is a hemisphere?
half a sphere
What is an ocean?
a large body of water
On a map key, what do we call the pictures that stand for something else?
Symbols
What continent do we live on?
North America
These are cardinal directions
North
South
East
West
A continent is
a large mass of land
A Sphere
What is a map?
a flat model of the Earth
What is a globe?
What state do we live in?
New York
What is a compass rose?
A small drawing on a map that shows directions.
What is an ocean?
A large body of ocean
The line that splits the globe into Western and Eastern Hemispheres
Prime Meridian
This map shows countries, capitals, cities, and political boundaries.
Political Map
What are the common map symbols?
shapes, lines, colors, and drawings/pictures.
What country do we live in?
The United States of America
Intermediate means...
in "between"
Name the 5 major oceans?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Arctic Ocean
The line that splits the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Equator
This map shows the earth’s physical features include oceans, islands, lakes, rivers, mountains, plains, and deserts.
Physical Map
What is Geography?
The study of the Earth, its physical features, and the way living things use the Earth.
What borough do we live in?
Queens
The Intermediate directions are...
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
List the 7 continents
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
What Hemispheres do we live in? (Hint-3)
Northern Hemisphere, Northwestern Hemisphere, and Western Hemisphere
This map is also a physical map that uses different colors to show how high or low the land is.
Elevation Maps
Name 4 key features every map needs
1- title
2-key/legend
3-scale
4-Compass Rose