Land
Any one of the earth’s seven large land masses such North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Antarctica?
What is a continent.
A map that shows landforms like deserts, mountains and plains.
What is a physical map?
An imaginary line of latitude (0°), halfway between the North and South Poles
What is the equator?
Tells you what the map is about.
What is a title of the map?
Half of the earth that includes Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and their waters.
What is the Eastern Hemisphere.
A map that shows the governmental boundaries of countries, states, and counties, the location of major cities, and they usually include significant bodies of water.
What is a political map?
The zero meridian from which east and west longitude are measured, passing through London (Greenwich)
What is the Prime Meridian?
A circle that shows the principal directions (N, E, S, W) printed on a map or chart.
What is a compass rose?
A long, narrow, land area lying between two areas of higher elevation and usually contains a river or stream.
What is a valley
An imaginary line of latitude 23° 30’ south of the equator
What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
The numerical relationship between an actual distance on the earth and the distance which it represents on a map
What is a scale?
The land bordering the sea
What is a coast?
Egypt is a part of this continent.
What is Africa?
A map that focuses on a specific theme or subject area. An example is a map that shows the population density of Denver.
What is a thematic map?
A description of the location of a place based on a fixed point on earth. Uses the coordinates of latitude and longitude.
What is absolute location?
The continent North America is located in this hemisphere
What is the Western Hemisphere?