Parts of a Map
Tells you where something can be found.
What is location?
A star on a state map usually represents this.
What is a state capital?
The unit used to measure the distance between states in our country.
What are miles?
Horizontal lines on a map.
What are lines of latitude?
Features like bodies of water, landforms, weather, plants, and animals.
What are physical features?
This country is north of the U.S.A.
What is Canada?
The unit used to measure distance between countries in Europe?
What are kilometers?
Vertical lines on a map.
What are lines of longitude?
Features like houses, roads, bridges, schools, farms, and factories.
What are human features?
This country is south of the U.S.A.
What is Mexico?
Type of map used to show where things are that people use.
What is a Resource Map?
The country where Montreal is located.
What is Canada?
The land, water, and air around you.
What is the environment?
The name of the continent with the U.S.A.
What is North America?
Type of map used to show different types of land.
What are Landform Maps?
The state where I went to college.
What is Michigan?
NE, NW, SE, SW
What are intermediate directions?
Areas that have something in common like physical or human features.
What are regions?
The name of all the continents on Earth.
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antartica, Australia
Part of our country with the most mountains.
What is the western U.S.?
The region where New York is located.
What is the Northeast?