Water and Landforms
Map Vocabulary
Continents
Oceans
Identify the Continent or Ocean on the Map
100
This is a smaller body of salt water.
What is a sea?
100
This is the term for north, south, east and west.
What are cardinal directions?
100
What is the name of this continent?
What is North America?
100
This is the name of the largest ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100
Look at the map that Mrs. Shupe is pointing to. What continent is this?
North America
200
This is an area of flat land on Earth's surface.
What is a political map?
200
This symbol on a map shows the directions.
What is a compass rose?
200
This continent is also a country.
What is Australia?
200
This is the name of the ocean right above or north of Antarctica.
What is the Southern Ocean?
200
Look at the body of water Mrs. Shupe is pointing to. What is its name?
Arctic Ocean
300
This is a long body of water that moves and flows.
What is a river?
300
This is the term for northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.
What are intermediate directions?
300
What is the name of this continent?
What is South America?
300
This is the closest ocean to us here in Maryland.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
300
What continent is Mrs. Shupe pointing to?
Africa
400
This is an area of land that is completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
400
The imaginary line that runs west to east and divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres is called the ____________________________?
What is the equator?
400
These two continents do NOT have an ocean between them and actually touch.
What are Europe and Asia?
400
This ocean is located up near the North Pole.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
400
What body of water is Mrs. Shupe pointing to?
Indian Ocean
500
This is usually a larger piece of land that sticks out in a body of water and is surrounded by water on 3 sides.
What is a peninsula?
500
This is the imaginary line that runs from the north to the south and divides the Earth into the Western and Eastern hemispheres.
What is the prime meridian?
500
This continent has over 50 countries. Some people think it's a country, but it's not!
What is Africa?
500
This ocean is directly under the country of India.
What is the Indian Ocean?
500
What continent is Mrs. Shupe pointing to now?
Europe