A | B |
Earth's largest bodies of water | oceans |
oceans that border the USA | Atlantic and Pacific |
small copy of the the Earth | globe |
round dimensional object | sphere |
half a sphere | hemisphere |
imaginary line that divides Earth into N and S | equator |
top and bottom of the Earth | North and South Poles |
the 2 hemispheres in which USA lies | Northern and Western hemipsheres |
cardinal directions | N, E, S, W |
intermediate directions | NW, NE, SW, SE |
a small drawing on a map to show direction | compass rose |
tells the name of the map | map title |
something that stands for something else | symbol |
explains the symbols on a map | map key |
the relationship between actual distance and distance found on a map | map scale |
maps about cities, capitals, states, countries | political map |
maps that show natural features | physical map |
map that shows the Earth's surface | landform map |
map that shows how to travel from one place to another | transportation map |
map that shows information about past events | historical map |