6th grade Maps and Globes - Skills and Vocabulary

NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST ARE -----

Lines that run east and west around a globe are lines of ____

THIS IS USED TO REPRESENT SOMETHING LIKE A PARK ON A MAP

RELATIVE LOCATION

A TYPE OF MAP WHICH SHOWS THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE LAND ON A MAP

PRIME MERIDIAN DIVIDES EARTH INTO

A SMALLER MAP SET WITHIN A LARGER MAP

a unit of measure used to determine absolute location using latitude and longitude lines.

LINES THAT RUN NORTH AND SOUTH AROUND THE GLOBE OR MAP

THIS IDENTIFIES THE DISTANCE ON A MAP

A MAP THAT SHOWS THE BOUNDARIES OF STATES OR COUNTRIES

WE LIVE IN THE -------- HEMISPHERE

ANOTHER NAME FOR MAP KEY

NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST ARE -----

PHYSICAL MAP SHOWS

ABSOLUTE LOCATION

USED TO IDENTIFY THE DIRECTIONS ON A MAP

THE IMAGINARY LINE THAT CIRCLES THE CENTER OF THE EARTH FROM EAST TO WEST

ANOTHER WORD FOR THIS IS 'LEGEND' _ USED TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE SYMBOLS ON A MAP STAND FOR

EQUATOR DIVIDES THE GLOBE INTO

THE SOUTHERN POINT AROUND WHICH THE EARTH SPINS

NAME THE 5 OCEANS

SOUTH AMERICA IS LOCATED ________ OF NORTH AMERICA

THE DIRECTIONS BETWEEN THE CARDINAL DIRECTIONS ON A COMPASS ROSE

STUDY OF LAND AND WHO WE USE IS CALLED

What is a round, spherical model of Earth called?

A TYPE OF MAP WHICH SHOWS THE NATURAL RESOURCES LIKE COAL, GOLD, SILVER, ETC.

AUSTRALIA IS LOCATED _______ OF EUROPE

THE 7 LARGE LAND MASSES FOUND ON EARTH

NORTHERNMOST POINT ON EARTH'S GLOBE

THE STARTING POINT FOR MEASURING LINES OF LONGITUDE