Mapping Skills

What are the key features of a map?

Answer explanation

Title, scale, legend (key), Compass rose

List the 7 continents in the world?

Answer explanation

North America

South America

Africa

Europe

Asia

Australasia/Oceania

Antarctica

What are the 5 oceans?

Answer explanation

Pacific Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Southern Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Indian Ocean

What is an island?

Answer explanation

A small piece of land completely surrounded by water.

What is a canyon?

Answer explanation

A river that erodes land into cliffs.

What is a mountain?

Answer explanation

Large, tall rock that extends into the air taller than a hill.

What is an isthmus?

Answer explanation

A thin strip of land that connects larger land masses.

What is a peninsula?

Answer explanation

A piece of land surrounded by water.

What is a valley?

Answer explanation

Low land between hills or mountains.

Which landform is a narrow passage of water connecting 2 larger areas of water?

Answer explanation

A strait