Wootten's Map Vocabulary

how high the land is above the sea level or the earth's surface

• altitude

• atlas

• capital

a book of maps

• dictionary

• atlas

• key

a line that separates two places

• symbol

• landmark

• border

the city where the government of a country or state is located

• time zone

• capital

• hemisphere

the four main directions (north, south, east, west)

• symbol

• coordinates

• cardinal directions

a large piece of land; there are 7 in the world

• continent

• cities

• states

two numbers that describe where a place is on a map

• coordinates

• equator

• prime meridian

a line that divides the world into northern and southern hemispheres

• equator

• prime meridian

half of a sphere; the world is divided into 4 (northern, southers, eastern, western)

• hemisphere

• equator

• atlas

an explanation of abbreviations or symbols used on a map

• coordinates

• key

• capital