Types of Maps
This map shows the highways, streets, and landmarks in a specific area.
What is a road map
The four true or main directions on a compass (North, South, East, West) are called the
What are cardinal directions
An imaginary line around the Earth that separates the northern and southern hemispheres is the...
What is Equator
Part of a map that lists all of the symbols used in the map and what each symbol represents is called a...
What is Key or Legend
This map shows land features such as water or mountains.
What is a physical map
Symbol that shows the four cardinal directions and could also include northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest, is the
What is compass rose
The imaginary lines running in an east-west direction around the Earth...
What is Latitude
Map feature that shows how the distance between points on a map compares to the actual distance in real life is...
What is a scale
This map shows the natural elevations of the land
What is a contour map
The directions located between the cardinal directions on the compass (northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest) are called...
What are intermediate directions
Imaginary lines running in a north-south direction around the earth are called...
What is Longitude
Two points on Earth equally distant from the equator - The north pole is the northernmost point on Earth and the south pole is the southernmost point.
What are the poles
This map shows the borders of states and countries
What is a political map
Acronym to remember cardinal directions in order
What is Never Eat Soggy Waffles
(will accept other answers)
half of the earth located north of the equator is called the...
What is Northern Hemisphere
The imaginary line circling the Earth that separates the easter and western hemispheres (located at zero degrees longitude) is called the...
What is Prime Meridian
This map shows the goods produced or found in an area
If I were to start driving North from right here, which country would I get to first?
The half of the Earth that is located south of the equator is called...
What is Southern Hemisphere
A country you could live in that is found in the Southern Hemisphere would be...
Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, Peru, Fiji, Chile etc.