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Themes
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Maps
100
What is the theme of geography that describes how people move?
Movement
100
This is one of Earth's seven large bodies of land.
Continent
100
Lines that run north and south
Longitude
100
What are the four cardinal directions?
North, south, east and west
100
This map uses colors to show boundaries...
Political map
200
What is the theme of geography that explains how people change our landforms?
Human/Environment Interactions
200
This is one of Earth's four large bodies of water.
Ocean
200
Longitude lines are also called...
Meridians
200
What is a map key used for?
Tells you what each symbol on a map stands for.
200
This type of map shows you how to get from one place to another...
Road map
300
What theme of geography explains what makes one place different from another?
Place
300
One half or a sphere or globe.
Hemisphere
300
Latitude lines are also called...
Paralles
300
What is a compass rose?
A small drawing that indicates direstions on a map.
300
This type of map shows information about the past or where past events took place.
Historical map
400
What theme of geography allows people to know exactly where things are?
Location
400
An imaginary line encircling Earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole, designated as ) degrees latitude.
Equator
400
The small map inside of a map showing the overall location is a...
Locator
400
What are the four intermediate directions?
Northwest, northeast, southwest and southeast
400
What are the two types of physical maps?
Relief and elevation
500
What theme of geography allows some things to make a place special?
Region
500
Lines that run east and west
Latitude
500
What is the item on a map that is used to measure distance?
Scale
500
What is anything that stands for something else?
Symbol
500
What are the 6 types of maps?
Political, physical (relief and elevation), road and historical.