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Continents and Oceans
Elements on a Map
Political and Physical Maps
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Latitude and Longitude
100
This continent is also a country.
What is Australia?
100
This element on a map tells the reader what the map is about.
What is the title?
100
This type of map shows political boundaries between countries, and also shows cities.
What is a political map?
100
An imaginary line that runs around the center of the Earth, halfway between the North and South Poles at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the equator?
100
These measure units of latitude and longitude.
What are degrees?
200
This continent has the largest landmass and shares a border with Europe.
What is Asia?
200
This element on a map shows cardinal and intermediate directions.
What is a compass rose?
200
This type of map shows landforms such as deserts, mountains, plains, valleys, and bodies of water.
What is a physical map?
200
An imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole at 0 degrees longitude.
What is the prime meridian?
200
Imaginary lines on Earth that run parallel to the equator.
What are lines of latitude, or parallels?
300
This continent is located at the South Pole.
What is Antarctica?
300
This element on a map is used to measure distance from one place to another.
What is a scale?
300
What type of map would you use to locate deserts in Africa?
What is a physical map?
300
The Arctic Circle is in this hemisphere.
What is the northern hemisphere?
300
Imaginary lines on Earth that run between the North and South poles.
What are lines of longitude, or meridians.
400
This ocean borders North America, South America, Europe, and Africa.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
400
This element on a map is a listing that explains the symbols used on a map.
What is a legend?
400
Which type of map might change if a country won its independence from another country?
What is political map?
400
The equator divides the Earth into these hemispheres.
What is the northern and southern hemispheres?
400
These lines run east to west, but measure north and south.
What are lines of latitude, or parallels.
500
This continent is located south of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Indian Ocean, and east of the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Africa?
500
This element on a map is a smaller map set within a border of a larger one.
What is an inset map?
500
What type of map might change if an earthquake altered the landscape?
What is physical map?
500
The prime meridian divides the earth into these hemispheres.
What is the eastern and western hemispheres.
500
These lines run north to south, but measure east to west.
What are lines of longitude, or meridians.