Types of Maps
Latitude and Longitude
Map Skills Vocab
Hemispheres
Parts of a Map
100

What map shows the distance above or below sea level? 

What is Elevation Maps?

100

Directions that lines of latitude run.

What is East and West?

100

What is a unit of measure called?

What is degrees?

100

How many hemispheres are there?

What is four hemispheres?

100

A symbol on the map that shows direction.

What is the Compass Rose?
200

What type of maps are used to locate places?

What is Grid Maps?

200

What is the main line of latitude called? It is located at 0 degrees.

What is the equator?

200

An imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South poles.

What is the equator?

200

What are the names of the hemispheres?

What is Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western?

200

North, South, East, and West are called?

What is Cardinal Directions?

300

What map shows landforms and bodies of water?

What is Political Maps?

300

Directions of longitude lines.

What is North and South?

300

The starting point for measuring distance both east and west around the Earth.

What is the Prime Meridian?

300

What continent is in all four hemipsheres?

What is Africa?

300

The box list showing what the symbols on the map represent.

What is the map key?

400

What map shows a lot of color?

What is a political map?

400

What is the main line of longitude called? It is located at 0 degrees.

What is the Prime Meridian?

400

A thing that stands for or represents something else.

What is a symbol?

400

What hemisphere is Antarctica located in?

What is the Southern Hemisphere?

400

What are the intermediate directions?

What is Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest?
500

What map shows cities and captials?

What is Political Maps?

500

What ocean is located at 20 N and 140 W?

What is the Pacific Ocean?

500

What means half of the Earth?

What is hemispheres?

500

Which two hemispheres do we live in?

What is the Northern and Western Hemisphere?

500

The relationship between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground.

What is the map scale?