100 200 300 400 500 Location Map Vocab #1 Types of Maps Map Vocab #2 Continents and Oceans Location 100 200 300 400 500
Another word for a “direction indicator” 100 Another word for a “direction indicator”
100 Compass Rose
200 This shows how much a map has been reduced from the area it represents.
200 The Scale
This part of the map explains what each symbol on a map represents. 300 This part of the map explains what each symbol on a map represents.
300 Legend or Key
What is the term for, or what do you call someone, who makes maps? 400 What is the term for, or what do you call someone, who makes maps?
400 Cartographer
Where something is in relation to something else. For 500 Where something is in relation to something else. For example, The SmartBoard is EAST of the windows. What is this an example of?
500 Relative Location
100 Shows the geographic features of an area (seas, islands, mountains, lakes, rivers, deserts)
100 Physical Map
200 What type of map is this?
200 Political Map
Type of physical map that shows elevation (how high a 300 Type of physical map that shows elevation (how high a place is above sea level)
300 Topographical Map
400 What type of map is this?
400 Climate Map
400
What state does this product map represent? 500 What state does this product map represent?
500 Montana
100 The name of the “supercontinent” during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras.
100 Pangea
200 Lines that run east to west, and measure north to south are called lines of latitude. What is their other name?
200 Parallels
300 Lines of longitude run _______ and _______, but measure ______ and _______.
Lines of longitude run north and south, but measure east and west 300 Lines of longitude run north and south, but measure east and west
400 This line of latitude is 23.5°S – tropical zone below the equator; southern border of the tropics
400 Tropic of Capricorn
180˚ line of longitude; where days begin and end. It is 500 180˚ line of longitude; where days begin and end. It is directly opposite of the Prime Meridian
International Date Line 500 International Date Line
What continent is this? x 100 What continent is this? x
100 North America
What continent is this? x 200 What continent is this? x
200 Asia
300 What ocean is this? x
300 Indian Ocean
Give the Relative Location of “A” to “B” – be specific 400 Give the Relative Location of “A” to “B” – be specific A B
“A” is North-East of “B” 400 “A” is North-East of “B”
500 What ocean is this? x
500 Southern Ocean
Provide the coordinates of point “A” 100 Provide the coordinates of point “A”
100 70°S, 50°W
Provide the coordinates of point “B” 200 Provide the coordinates of point “B”
200 20°N, 100°W
Provide the coordinates of point “C” 300 Provide the coordinates of point “C”
300 80°N, 45°E
Provide the coordinates of point “D” 400 Provide the coordinates of point “D”
400 40°S, 110°E
Provide the coordinates of point “E” 500 Provide the coordinates of point “E”
500 25°S, 25°E
The Arctic Circle is the region in the northern portion of the globe The Arctic Circle is the region in the northern portion of the globe. At what line of latitude (in degrees) does this region officially begin?
66.5° North