Types of Maps
This map shows major physical features of an area such as mountains, lakes, and rivers.
What is a physical map?
This region is made up of 12 states. It has hot summers and mild winters. Hurricanes often reach landfall in late summer months.
What is the Southeast Region?
This tool tells you cardinal and intermediate directions.
What is a Compass Rose?
This is our nation's capital.
What is Washington, D.C.?
This ocean borders the West Region.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This map shows human made boundaries of countries, states, cities, and towns.
What is a political map?
This region is made up of 11 states. It has cool summers and below freezing winters with snow. Features include the Appalachian Mountains, the Great Lakes, and the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Northeast Region?
This feature tells the meaning of colors, pictures, and symbols on a map.
What is a map key or legend?
This is the capital of Colorado.
What is Denver?
This continent is also a country.
What is Australia?
This map shows a specific theme or topic, such as precipitation.
What is a thematic map?
This region is made up of 11 states, including Hawaii and Alaska. The climate ranges from arctic to tropical, and from dry desert to mountainous. Features include the Rocky Mountains, Mohave Desert, and Pacific Ocean.
What is the West Region?
These are vertical lines that cross the globe from north to south.
What are longitude lines?
This is the name of our continent.
What is North America?
This ocean borders our Northeast and Southeast Regions.
What is the Atlantic ocean?
This map shows elevations of landforms such as mountains or sea level.
What is a topographical map?
This region is made up of only 4 states. The climate is hot and dry to the west, with more humidity in the east. Features include the Sonoran Desert, the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Southwest Region?
These are horizontal lines that cross the globe from east to west.
What are latitude lines?
Northeast, Southeast, West, Southwest, and Midwest.
What are the 5 regions of the U.S.A.?
These 2 continents share one land mass.
What are Europe and Asia?
This map shows names of streets and highways, and helps you find your way.
What is a road map?
This region is made up of 12 states. The climate is humid through most of the region. Snowfall occurs in winter, especially in the northern states. Features include the Great Lakes, Great Plains, and the Mississippi River.
What is the Midwest Region?
This tells the distance a unit of measure represents in the area shown on a map.
What is a map scale?
These are the 3 types of communities.
What are Urban, Rural, and Suburban?
You will find penguins near this ocean.
What is the Southern Ocean?