Map Jeopardy

Directions

100

This direction points down on a map.

What is south?

200

This drawing shows directions on a map.

What is a compass rose?

300

If you are facing north, this direction is to your left.

What is west?

400

This type of direction includes the main directions: north, south, east, and west.

What is a cardinal direction?

500

This type of direction includes the directions in between north, south, east, and west.

What is an intermediate direction?

Continents

100

This is the continent where we live.

What is North America?

200

This continent covers the South Pole.

What is Antarctica?

300

This is the largest continent on earth.

What is Asia?

400

This continent is south of Europe.

What is Africa?

500

These are all seven continents.

What are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica?

Types of Maps

100

This ocean surrounds Antarctica.

What is the Southern Ocean?

200

This ocean covers the North Pole.

What is the Arctic Ocean?

300

What is a Robinson map used for?

What is used to compare data?

400

What is a physical map used for 

What is helps you see types of landforms and bodies of water

500

What type of map is used to show specific types of information?

What is Thematic?

Vocabulary

100

This is a box containing symbols and words to help understand a map.

What is a legend or key?

200

What is Surveying?

What is geographer travels to a location in order to study it?

300

This helps us measure distance on a map.

What is a scale?

400

This is a line that separates one state from another.

What is a boundary?

500

This is someone who makes maps.

What is a cartographer?