Geography Vocabulary

A Physical Map is ___________

Large bodies of saltwater are called?

A Map Key/Legend is part of a map, and uses?

What are large masses of land surrounded by oceans called?

Diagram on map that shows distance compared to distance on the Earth is?

Where one place is located in relation to other places is called?

You use this as a symbol on a map to show directions.

A Climate Map uses ______________.

Continents, islands and peninsulas are examples of?

The Equator is an imaginary line that circles Earth halfway from the North Pole to South Pole. At what latitude is it?

The study of our physical and cultural surroundings and how humans interact with them.

The most accurate map of Earth is a?

Exact latitude and longitude of a location is called?

Northeast, northwest, southwest, southeast are?

Hemisphere is?

The general weather that shows conditions in Ohio would be?

Lines of latitude, which circle Earth from east to west, are always parallel?

What is the imaginary line that CUTS Earth in half called?

A political map shows boundaries of governments?

A _____ is a flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth's surface.

Cardinal directions are the four main directions on a compass. They are north, south, east and west.

___________ lines on a map run from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Mountains, rivers, plains, and oceans are examples of?