What is this?

"a position or point in space"

"to find one's way in an unfamiliar setting"

"a person who studies place, space, and location"

"An area of study focusing on places and the relationships between humans and their environments."

"A flat elevated area of land."

What is the name of the tool that shows cardinal and intermediate directions?

A map that shows a particular theme, or topic

What is absolute direction?

Which of these cities is the capital of the United States?

A two-dimensional representation of the earth

What is the term for a three-dimensional representation of Earth?

Which type of map shows the physical features of a place, like mountains and rivers?

What tool is used to measure distance on a map?

What type of map would you use to find the boundaries between countries?

Which type of map would you use to understand the climate zones across different regions?

What feature on a map indicates the north direction?

Which tool is essential for understanding the symbols used on a map?

"The four main points on a compass"

Which direction normally is pointing to the top of the page on a map?

The directions that are midway between two cardinal directions

West Virginia would be considered in which intermediate direction to Ohio?

On most maps, which direction is DOWN?

What are the intermediate directions?

North, East, South, and West

The intermediate directions are...

A low area of land between hills or mountains.

Flat, open grasslands

A cascade of water falling from a height, formed when a river or stream flows over a steep incline.

What is this landform?

a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses

a raised landmass, a mound less than 900 feet tall

The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called: 

"Close but not exact"

The lines that run flat on a globe are called...

The line of zero degrees LATITUDE

What is the imaginary line that separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

What is the imaginary line that separates the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

Which way do lines of Latitude go?

Which way do lines of Longitude go?

A series of imaginary lines, also called parallels, that circle the Earth east to west.

Weather patterns that an area experiences over a long period of time

A place's exact location on Earth (coordinates)

Map that shows the physical features of earth.

Shows the borders between countries, and includes capitals.

Shows a geographic pattern or a specific theme

This is one of the largest landmasses on earth (there are 7)

A large body of salt water smaller than an ocean

A natural elevation of land higher than a hill

A chain of mountains

An elevated flatland

A portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land

An area of land almost completely surrounded by water (usually surrounded on 3 sides)

Body of water forming an indentation on the shore line

A narrow stem of land that acts as a bridge to connect two large bodies of land

Vast body of salt water.