Maps & Geography Tools
This map tool shows what symbols on a map mean.
Map key
This is the common currency used by many European countries.
Euro
The largest hot desert in the world.
The Sahara
The movement of Earth spinning on its axis.
Rotation
The Maya built these large stone structures.
Pyramids.
This line divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Equator.
This term means moving into a new country to live there.
Immigratoin
People in the Sahara often live near these water sources.
Earth’s crust is broken into these large moving sections.
Tectonic plates
The Maya were known for studying these objects in space.
Stars and/or planets
This map tool helps you estimate distance between places.
Map Scale
This is the average number of years people are expected to live.
Life expectancy
Very little of this falls in deserts each year.
Rainfall
When tectonic plates suddenly move, this natural disaster can occur.
Earthquakes
The Maya civilization was located in this region.
Mesoamerica
This type of location gives the exact coordinates of a place.
Absolute location.
This union brings European countries together.
The European Union.
This famous river is important to Egypt and flows through the desert.
The Nile
This forms when magma reaches Earth’s surface.
A volcano
The Maya developed an advanced system of this.
Writing
What does a geographer study?
People, landscapes, earth, etc.
What are two benefits of using a common currency?
Tax free trade, passport free travel, international relations etc
Camels often travel in _______.
Caravans
This natural landform is formed by tectonic plate collision.
Mountains.
This is a traditional Mayan blouse
Huipil