Map Vocabulary 1
A round model of the Earth.
What is a globe?
The name of a map (this tells you what the map is about).
What is a map title?
What does a star symbol on a map usually stand for?
What is the national or state capital?
This direction points up on a map.
What is North?
This type of map is focused on one particular theme.
What is a thematic map?
A mountain or hill with a crater through which lava, rock or gas erupt.
What is a volcano?
This divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator
Which region borders the Pacific Ocean?
West
A symbol that shows cardinal and intermediate directions on a map.
What is a compass rose?
A flat, 2D drawing of someplace on earth.
What is a map/projection?
What does a triangle symbol on the map usually stand for?
What is a mountain?
This direction points down on a map.
What is South?
This type of map shows mountains, lakes, rivers, forest and the land in general.
What is a Physical map?
A piece of land that is surrounded on all sides by water.
What is an island?
This divides Earth into the eatern and western hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian
This region is home to New Hampshire.
Northeast
What is the name of the person who makes maps
What is a cartographer
A dotted or solid line on a map showing the edge of a city, state or country.
What is a border?
A line on a map that is marked with a number and a shield or circle.
What is a highway?
This direction points to the left on a map.
What is West?
This type of map shows boundaries of towns, states, countries, continents, etc...
What is a Political map?
A raised area of land; not as high as a mountain
What is a hill?
Lines lines of Latitude measure what?
Degrees or distance north or south of the Equator.
This region borders Mexico.
Southwest
A list that explains the symbols on a map.
What is a map key or legend?
One of the seven largest areas of land on Earth.
What is a continent.
A dot/circle on a map.
What is a town or city?
What direction is to the right on maps?
What is East?
This tool is used to calculate distance on a map.
What is a map scale?
A body of water completely surrounded by land.
What is a lake?
Lines of Longitude measure east and west, where do they meet?
At the North and South poles.
This region is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.
Southeast
A picture that stands for something real; such as mountains, trees, parks or hospitals.
What is a map symbol?
A large body of saltwater that covers 71% of the Earth.
What is the ocean?
Bold, squiggly lines on the map that are usually colored blue
What is a river
Main directions on a compass rose (N, S, E, W) are called ________, while directions in between (NW, NE, SW, SE) are called ________.
Cardinal and Intermediate directions
Lines on a map to show where different items are located. Exp. C3
What are grid lines or map grid?
The country north of where we live
What is Canada?
Intersecting lines with Latitude and Longitude are called the...
Geographic Grid
This region borders Canada, some of the Great Lakes and has the source of the Mississippi River.
Midwest