geography Flashcards
______________are the largest land masses.
Continents.
A ______________ is a model of our planet
Globe
Halfway between the North and South Pole is an imaginary line called the _________.
Equator
The equator divided the Earth into two equal halves called _______.
Hemispheres
A ___________tells the subject of the map. It may also identify the kind of map.
Map Title
A ______________ or legend, explains the symbols on a map.
Map key
An ______________ is a smaller map within a larger one.
Inset map
A_____________compares a distance on the map to a distance in the real world.
Map scale.
A _______________ shows cities, states and countries.
Political map
A _____________ shows kinds of land and bodies of water.
A physical map
A _____________ is a small map or globe that shows where the place on the main map is located within a larger area.
Locator
A ____________or direction marker, shows directions.
Compass rose
The _______________ are north, south, east and west.
The cardinal directions
The ___________ or directions between the cardinal directions are Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest
The intermediate directions.
On this you can see all the land and water at once.
A map.
