Vocabulary
Oceans
Continents
Types of Maps
Hemispheres
100

The weather over a long period of time and repeated year to year.

What is climate?

100

This ocean is near the North Pole

What is the Artic Ocean

100

This is the continent Belgians live on

What is Europe

100

This map shows automobile routes between towns and cities for a region

What is a road map

100

This hemisphere is above the equator

What is the northern hemisphere

200
The height above sea level
What is elevation?
200

This ocean is on the east coast of North America

What is the Atlantic Ocean

200
This continent is attached to the southern portion of North America
What is South America
200

This map uses different shades to show different statistical data

What is a choropleth/thematic map

200

This hemisphere is below the equator

What is the southern hemisphere

300
The pointer on a map that shows direction
What is a compass rose
300

This ocean covers the west coast of North America

What is the Pacific Ocean

300
This continent is found at the South Pole
What is Antarctica
300

This map shows the different weather patterns at a point in time

What is a synoptic chart

300

This hemisphere is to the left of Prime Meridian

What is the western hemisphere

400
A unit of measure of latitude or longitude
What is a degree
400

This ocean is found by the South Pole

What is the Southern Ocean

400
This continent is completly surrounded by water
What is Australia
400

This map shows the major landforms and water on an area of Earth's surface

What is a physical map

400

This hemisphere is to the left of the International Date line

What is the eastern hemisphere

500
The line of longitude marked 0 degrees
What is the prime meridian
500
This ocean is surrounded by Asia, Africa, Antartica and Australia.
What is the Indian Ocean
500
What 3 continents are entirely or almost entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere.
What is Africa, Europe and Asia
500

This map shows how humans have divided the Earth's surface

What is a political map

500

The hemispheres are "cut" in halves by these two lines

What is the equator and prime meridian