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Map Vocabulary
Label That Place!
Maps/Globes
100
Asia
What is the largest continent on Earth?
100
North America
What continent is the United States a part of?
100
Compass Rose
Fill in the blank. _______ shows directions. (Cardinal and intermediate)
100
Physical
Which type of map shows where mountains and plains are located?
200
Australia
What is the smallest continent on Earth?
200
Europe
What continent has the second largest population and is considered crowded?
200
Title
___________ tells what the map is about.
200
Elevation
Which type of map shows the height of the land?
300
Asia
What continent has the largest population on Earth?
300
The largest areas of land.
What is the definition of a continent?
300
Map Key
__________ shows what symbols on the map mean.
300
Political
Which type of map shows the borders between countries?
400
Atlantic and Pacific
What two oceans border the United States?
400
Island
Australia is the smallest continent but the largest ___________.
400
Symbols
________ are pictures on a map that stand for something in the real world.
400
It is not the same shape as the earth, so objects are distorted when they are flattened out.
Why is a map NOT a good model of the Earth?
500
Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, North America, South America
Name all seven continents.
500
Arctic, Southern, Indian, Atlantic, Pacific
Name all five oceans an order from smallest to largest.
500
Scale
_______ will show how the distance between two locations on a map compares to the distance in real life.
500
It can only show very large places and it is hard to carry around because of its shape and size. Also you can only see half of the earth at a time.
Why is a globe NOT a good model of the Earth?