Maps
Themes of Geography
Latitude and Longitude
Terms
100

Tool on the map that tells directions

Compass

100

How people get around 

Movement

100

Parallel lines that run east and west but measure north and south 

Latitude 

100
Study of the earth and its features 

Geography 

200

Tool on the map that shows the conversion of distance

Scale

200

A group of places that are organized based on a similarity 

Region

200

Meridians that run north and south but measure east and west 

Longitude 

200

Physical features of the earth 

Geographic features 
300

Type of map that shows border of countries, cities or towns

Political Map 

300

Absolute or Relative

Location


300

zero degree latitude 

Equator 

300

BCE

before common era

400

Type of map that shows the geographic features of an area

Physical

400

How people change or adapt to their environment 

Interaction

400

Zero degree longitude 

Prime Meridian 

400

CE

common era

500

Type of map that shows specific information like climate, transportation, and population 

Special Purpose or Thematic

500
Description of a location

Place

500

The exact location using latitude and longitude lines

Coordinates

500

Measurement of latitude and longitude lines 

degrees