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Themes of Geography
Globe Vocabulary
Map Vocabulary
Types of Maps
Oceans and Continents
100
The exact measurement of where something can be found.
What is location?
100
means half a sphere
What is hemisphere?
100
tells you how much smaller the distance on a map is compared with the actual distance
What is map scale?
100
shows information such as countries, states, cities, national or state boundaries, and capitals.
What is political map?
100
Name the four oceans in alphabetical order.
What is Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific?
200
a description of what an area is like based on various features
What is place?
200
a model that shows Earth as it looks when seen from outer space
What is globe?
200
maps often use these to give information. Anything that stands for something else.
What is symbols?
200
maps that show information about the past or where past events took place
What is historical map?
200
The ocean located off the western coast of North America
What is the Pacific Ocean?
300
an area with common features that set it apart from other areas.
What is region?
300
an imaginary line dividing the world into the Northern and Southern hemispheres
What is equator?
300
show where the subject area of the main map is lcoated
What is locator?
300
a physical map that uses color to show the height of land above sea level
What is elevation map?
300
Name all seven continents in alphabetical order
What is Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
400
the relationship between people and the land on which they live
What is human/environment interaction?
400
an imaginary line diving the world into the Eastern and Western hemispheres
What is prime meridian?
400
tells you the subject area and the type of information provided.
What is map title?
400
a physical map that shows changes in elevation
What is relief map?
400
Name the continents that are mostly in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is North America, Europe, Asia, Africa
500
the travel of people, goods, and ideas around the world, as well as how patterns of this affect people and the way in which communities live.
What is movement?
500
Another name for lines of longitude
What are meridians?
500
The tool on a map that shows directions
What is a compass rose?
500
Shows climate features in an area on earth
What is a climatic map?
500
Name the continents that are mostly in the Southern hemisphere.
What is South America, Africa, Australia, Antarctica