Parts of a Map
This tells you what the map is about.
What is TITLE?
What is the capital of Illinois?
What is SPRINGFIELD?
How many states make up the U.S.?
What is 50?
How many continents are there on earth?
What is 7?
What ocean borders the United States to the east?
What is the ATLANTIC OCEAN?
The line between states, countries, and continents.
What is a BORDER or BOUNDARY?
Which of the Great Lakes is located in the Northeast corner of Illinois?
What is LAKE MICHIGAN?
Which two states are not connected to the main group of states?
What is HAWAII and ALASKA?
These 4 directions are the intermediate directions.
What are NE, NW, SE, SW?
What ocean borders the United States to the west?
What is the PACIFIC OCEAN?
The box that contains information about what the symbols on a map represent.
What is KEY or LEGEND?
What state is south of Illinois?
What is KENTUCKY?
What body of water is south of the United States?
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
What is the capital of our country?
What is Washington, D.C.?
This landform erupts with lava.
What is a VOLCANO?
This is used to show directions.
What is COMPASS ROSE?
What is the MISSISSIPPI RIVER?
This state is a peninsula, which means it is surrounded by water on 3 sides. It is a popular state to visit on vacation!
What is FLORIDA?
What is a river?
This landform is mostly flat, grass covered land.
What are PLAINS?
This is used to help determine the distance between places on a map.
What is MAP SCALE?
What river forms the southern border of Illinois?
What is the OHIO RIVER?
This state has the largest population of people.
What is California?
What landform has deep valleys formed by weathering and erosion? There is a famous one in Arizona.
What is a canyon?
This ocean is south of India.
What is the Indian Ocean?