Continents
The 5 Themes of Geography
Types of Maps
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
100

This continent has a population of zero.

What is Antarctica.

100

This theme refers to how people, goods, and ideas travel from place to place. 

What is movement

100

Shows mountains, valleys, and bodies of water

What is physical map

100
Used to tell what a map is about.

What is a title.

100

A spherical or ball shaped, model of the entire planet

What is globe

200

On this continent you will find the highest place on Earth.

What is Asia.

200

This theme divides the world into geographic units such as cities, states, and countries- or such things as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East”.

What is Region

200

Shows the borders of countries and capitals.

What is a political map

200

The line a 0° latitude.

What is the equator.

200

Imaginary lines that run north and soutch across the earth

What are longitude lines

300

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the earth's amazing wonders found on this continent.

What is Australia.

300

This theme is used to explain WHERE a place is found on earth.

What is Location

300
Shows how hot or cold a place is
What is climate map
300

The earth is split into four of these.

What is hemispheres.

300

A part of a map used to show the distance between two points

What is the scale

400

This is the second-largest continent on earth.

What is Africa

400

This theme explores how people adapt to and use their surroundings. 

What is Human-Environment Interaction

400

Shows where people live

What is a population or population density map

400
The states Arizona and New Mexico belong to this region of the U.S.

What is the Southwest

400

A picture on a map that shows cardinal directions.

What is a compass rose

500

This continent is home to the two smallest countries in the world.

What is Europe.

500

This theme explores human and/or physical features such as the population of a city or the climate of a particular area. 

What is place

500
This shows the interstates and the highways
What is road map
500

The study of the Earth and the ways people interact with it.

What is Geography

500

The two ways that you can give an absolute location

What are latitude/longitude coordinates and a street address.