| A | B |
| continent | large bodies of land |
| hemisphere | half of a sphere/ball |
| equator | imaginary line that divides Northern and Southern hemispheres |
| prime meridian | imaginary line that divides Eastern and Western hemispheres |
| cardinal directions | North, South, East, and West |
| intermediate directions | NE, SE, NW, SW |
| scale | used to figure out how far places are from each other |
| symbol | anything that represents or stands for something else |
| map key | explains what the symbols mean |
| compass rose | has cardinal and intermediate directions on it |
| grid | a series of up/down and left/right lines that make squares to find locations |
| index | a list of places with coordinates to locate them (either grid (A/#) or lat/long) |
| labels | names of places/locations |
| lines of latitude | imaginary lines that runs east/west and measure places north/south of equator |
| lines of longitude | imaginary lines that runs north/south and measure places east/west of prime meridian |