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What Map
Vocab!
Key Terms
All Around the World
100

What is the line of 0 degrees Latitude called?

Equator

100

What map is best to use if you are trying to get from Robinson Park to LCWM?

Road Map

100

What is the key that lists all the symbols used on a map?

Map Legend

100

What is the height above sea level called?

elevation

100

What two hemispheres are you in at the coordinates 60 degrees N and 45 degrees W

Northern/Western

200

Which two directions is longitude measured?

East and West

200

What type of map is best to use if you are studying the the layout of all the European countries

Political Map

200

What is it called when you are looking at an area from above?

Map view/plan view

200

What is it called when you are looking at an area from the side?

profile view

200

What time zone am I in if I am in Boston, MA?

Eastern

300

What is the relief of a mountain with a peak elevation of 1500 ft and a base of 600 ft?

900ft

300

This map uses lines, shading, and color to indicate features like mountains, streams, and lakes

Physical

300

What is the measure of the steepness of the land called?

slope

300
on a topographic map, what connects points of equal elevation

contour lines

300

What two hemispheres is Japan in?

Northern/Eastern

400

What is the elevation difference between contour lines that are next to each other?

contour interval

400

What map is best to study the surface of the Grand Canyon?

Geological Map

400

What is the definition for prime

first in rank

400

what is the definition of the word aerial

operating or occurring overhead

400

What ocean does the International Date Line go through and what is it's longitude?

Pacific-180 degrees

500

What are two continents primarily East of the Prime Meridian?

Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia 

500

What map shows detailed shapes of the Earth's surface?

Topographic Map

500

What are the areas on Earth's surface between two meridians?

time zones

500

What is the process of collecting information without coming into physical contact with it?

remote sensing

500

If it is 3:00 PM in Seattle, WA, what time is it in New York City?

6:00 PM