Types of Maps
Latitude & Longitude
Map Components
Map Direction
Parts of a map
100

This map shows elevation within a specific area.

What is a topographic map?

100

Lines of longitude and latitude are used to find what type of location?

What is absolute location?

100

These are things that stand for other things on a map, such as an airplane standing for an airport.

What are symbols?

100

What continent is south of North America?

What is South America?

100
This shows the cardinal directions on a map.
What is the compass rose?
200

This map shows what the earth physically looks likes.

What is a physical map?

200

Directions that lines of latitude run

What are west to east? Left and Right?

200

This unit is used to measure longitude and latitude lines.

What are Degrees?

200

What continent is the furthest south?

What is Antarctica?

200

Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest

What are intermediate directions?

300

This kind of map shows that groups of people in certain parts of Virginia speak Spanish, while groups in another part speak English.

What is a language map

300

0 Degrees latitude is known by this name.

What is the Equator?

300

This is the thing a mapmaker uses to show distance on a map.

What is a scale?

300

What continent is west of Asia?

What is Europe?

300

This continent contains the United States of America.

What is North America?

400

This type of map shows the boundaries of a country as well as major cities or capitals.

What is a political map?

400

Longitude lines run in these two directions?

What are north and south? or Up and Down

400
The key to understanding maps is to use this.
What is the legend?
400

What continent is Southeast of Africa?

What is Australia?

400

Name two of the five oceans on our planet.

What are Atlantic, Pacific Indian, Arctic, and Southern?

500

This type of map displays various meteorological features across a particular area at a particular point. 

Hint: You see this type of map on the news

What is a weather map?

500

0 Degrees longitude is known as this.

What is Prime Meridian?

500

The letter and number for a location are called what?

What are coordinates?

500

If you were to travel from Africa to North America, what direction would you be heading? Is that direction cardinal or intermediate? 

What is Northwest and Intermediate?

500
This continent is also called the South Pole.
What is Antarctica?