Geography and Map
What percent of the earth is covered with water?
70%
How many continents are there?
7
The Ocean on the east coast of North America
Atlantic Ocean
What type of map shows the landforms, waterways and features of a place?
Physical Map
North, South, East and West are know as _______________ directions.
Cardinal
What do you call the study of the earth and its features?
Geography
Name two continents with the word “America” in them.
North America, South America
The Ocean on the west coast of North America where California is located is
Pacific Ocean
What type of map shows the boundaries of countries, states and cities?
Political Map
The earth is divided into two parts, each called a
Hemisphere
What section on a map shows the symbols that indicate features on the map?
Legend or Map Key
Name the four continents that start with an “A”.
Asia, Australia, Antartica, Africa
Besides the Atlantic and Pacific, name the other three oceans.
Indian, Arctic and Southern Ocean
What does a cartographer do?
A person who makes/draws maps.
The imaginary line that separates the Earth into northern and sourthern hemispheres is the
Equator
Since map sizes are different and maps are not the size of the areas they represent, what is used on the map to indicate distance?
Map scale
The continent that starts with the letter “E” is
Europe
What color on the map indicates a body of water?
Blue
A symbol on a map that indicates the directions
Compass Rose
The Imaginary line that separates the Earth between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is
Prime Meridian
What is a round, 3 dimensional map of the earth called?
Globe
What are the three largest continents?
Africa, Asia and North America
There used to be 4 oceans, and a fifth was named. What is the newest ocean that was named?
Southern Ocean
Intermediate
Horizontal lines around the globe that run East to West are called _______________ and lines that run North to South are called ________________
Latitude and Longitude