Types of Maps
Map Skills/Terms
Latitude and Longitude lines
Latitude and Longitude Coordinates
Geographic Dictionary
100
What type of map is often colorful and shows the lines people used to divide countries and states for the purpose to govern people. It even shows cities.
What is a Political Map.
100
What is the tool on a map that displays the 4 cardinal directions: North, South, East, and West?
What is a Compass Rose.
100
What are the lines on a map we use to measure how far away from the equator a place is? They run East to West.
What are latitude lines
100
What country is located at 20 degrees South and 45 degrees East?
What is Madagascar
100
What is a group of islands?
An Archipelago
200
What type of map shows features such as mountains, deserts, lakes, canyons, and rivers.
What is a physical map.
200
This ocean is the Northernmost ocean in the world and is known for it's very cold waters.
What is the Arctic Ocean
200
What are the lines on a map the measure how far we are from the Prime Meridian? They run North to South.
What are longitude lines.
200
Provide me with a latitude and longitude coordinate pair that falls into the country of Peru.
Range: 1 degree south-20 degrees south and 68 degrees West-82 degrees West
200
What is a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas?
What is an isthmus
300
What type of map displays how the land pictured is being used? This map may show vegetation, mining, crops, etc.
What is a Land Resource Map.
300
What is a tool on a map that explains the symbols, colors, and patterns that appear on the map?
What is a map legend/key.
300
What is an example of our important latitude lines?
What is the: Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, and the Antarctic Circle.
300
What is the latitude and longitude for Mexico City, Mexico?
What is about 20 degrees North and 100 Degrees West.
300
What is flat, low lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth?
What is a Delta
400
What type of map uses colors to show the height of land above sea level?
What is an Elevation Map.
400
Countries such as China, India, Vietnam, Russia, and Indonesia all belong to this continent.
What is Asia
400
The equator divides the earth into what two hemispheres?
What is the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
400
What city is located at 35 degrees North and 140 degrees East
What is Tokyo, Japan
400
What is a broad, flat topped landform with steep sides, smaller than a plateau?
What is a mesa
500
What type of map displays a land's height using lines. It is used to compare the height of land to other surrounding land areas?
What is a contour map.
500
Countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom are apart of this continent.
What is Europe.
500
What is an example of our important longitude lines?
The Prime Meridian or the International Date Line.
500
What are the latitude and longitude coordinates for Canberra, Australia?
What is 35 Degrees South and 149 degrees East.
500
What is a body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water?
What is a peninsula