Types of Maps
This map shows areas where groups of people live.
What is a population map?
These icons represent things on a map, such as a tree standing for forestry.
What are symbols?
This is the largest ocean in the world.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This shows the cardinal directions on a map.
What is the compass rose?
This map tells how much rain, snow, hail, or sleet falls in a certain area.
What is a precipitation map?
Latitude and longitude are used to find this...an exact location.
What is absolute location?
These lines show the limits of the states, territories, or countries; in football, a player may be outside of them.
What are boundaries?
This ocean is found between the continents of Africa and Australia. It is bordered by the countries of Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan.
What is the Indian Ocean?
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
What are intermediate directions?
This kind of map shows the shape of the land - where mountains, rivers, prairies, and plains exist.
What is a physical map?
This is the thing a mapmaker uses to show distance on a map.
What is a scale?
The name of this ocean is found in the word Antarctica and is found near the North Pole.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
This is the only continent that is also a country.
What is Australia?
This type of map shows the boundaries of a country as well as major cities or capitals.
What is a political map?
Lines of latitude are also called this...
What are parallels?
The key to understanding maps is to use this.
What is the legend?
This ocean is found along the east coast of the United States, and separates North America from Europe.
What is the Atlantic?
This continent is home to the largest country in the world.
What is Asia?
This type of map shows many types of resources, and includes pictures/icons that represent resources.
What is a resource map?
The main line of longitude is known as this.
What is Prime Meridian?
The term GPS stands for this.
What is Global Positioning System?
California, Oregon, and Washington are all states located near this ocean that is found along the west coast of the United States.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This continent is also called the South Pole.
What is Antarctica?