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Types of Maps
Latitude & Longitude
Map Skills Potpourri
Oceans
Parts of a map
100
This map shows the physical features of an area, such as mountains, rivers, and lakes.
What is a physical map?
100
How are the lines of latitude and longitude measured?
What are degrees?
100
These are things that stand for other things on a map, such as an airplane standing for an airport.
What are symbols?
100
This ocean is between Antarctica and 60 degrees longitude.
What is the Southern Ocean?
100
This shows the cardinal directions on a map.
What is the compass rose?
200
This map shows major and some minor roads.
What is a road map?
200
Directions that lines of latitude run
What are west to east?
200
These lines show the limits of the territory within a certain area; in football a player might be out of them.
What are boundaries?
200
The countries near this ocean include Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan.
What is the Indian Ocean?
200
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
What are intermediate directions?
300
This kind of map shows the differences in elevation.
What is a relief map.
300
The main line of 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
The name of this ocean is found in the word Antarctica.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
300
This continent is in the North Central Hemisphere
What is Europe?
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?
400
The key to understanding maps is to use this.
What is the legend?
400
This ocean is the ocean that includes Virginia Beach and Myrtle Beach.
What is the Atlantic?
400
This continent is also a country.
What is Australia?
500
This type of map shows natural resources usually with the use of symbols.
What is an economic or resource map?
500
The main line of longitude is known as this.
What is Prime Meridian?
500
Someone who makes a map is known as this.
What is a cartographer?
500
California, Oregon, and Washington are all states located near this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
500
This continent is also called the South Pole.
What is Antarctica?