Map Types
Map Elements
United States
Ohio
Five Themes of Geography
100

What kind of map is this?

political map

100

What element of a map shows symbols, colors or lines to represent important places or landmarks on a map?

Legend

100

How many states are in the US?

50

100

What is Ohio's state tree?

Buckeye

100

What are the five themes of geography?

movement, place, location, region, human-environment interaction

200

What kind of map would you want to use if you want to find certain landforms in a given area?

physical map

200

What direction do lines of latitude and longitude run?

Latitude = east to west

Longitude = north to south

200

What two oceans border the United States to the east and west?

Atlantic and Pacific ocean

200

Ohio was the _____ state.

17th

200

What are the two types of location?

relative and absolute

300

What kind of map is this?


resource map

300

What is the imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth and cuts the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

equator

300

How many regions are in the US?  What are the regions called?

5 - Midwest, Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast

300

How many counties are in Ohio?

88

300

What is a formal region?

a region with official borders

400

What kind of map would you use to see the weather patterns of a given region?

climate map

400

What part of the map shows you the directions?

compass rose

400

What mountain range is on the west coast?

The Rocky Mountains

400

What year was Ohio made a state?

1803

400

The theme of place in geography describes both ___ and ___ characteristics of a location.

human and physical

500

What kind of map is this?


topographical

500

What is another name for lines of latitude?

parallels

500

Name all 50 states.

:)

500

What was the first capital of Ohio?

Chillicothe

500

What is an example of human-environment interaction?

varies