Maps vocabulary

a picture that shows the location of something

• map

• symbol

• globe

• equator

One of the seven main land areas on the earth

• compass rose

• globe

• hemisphere

• continent

A large body of salt water

• ocean

• map

• map key

• equator

A model of the earth that is round like a ball

• map

• equator

• globe

• hemisphere

Half of the earth

• hemisphere

• globe

• map

• symbol

An imaginary line that is halfway between the North Pole and South Pole

• globe

• compass rose

• hemisphere

• equator

A picture that is used to stand for something that is real on the earth

• symbol

• globe

• cardinal directions

• ocean

A box that tells what the symbols on a map stand for

• compass rose

• map key

• globe

• ocean

A scale on a map that tells the real distance

• distance scale

• map

• compass rose

• globe

The symbol on a map that tells the direction you need to go

• map

• ocean

• compass rose

• equator