Florida Studies Weekly - Week 4 & 5 Vocabulary

Large, ancient landmass that was composed of all the continents joined together

• Pangaea

• map scale

• landforms

• road map

A map that shows major highways, airports, cities, railroad tracks, and local point of interest

• regions map

• school map

• road map

• physical map

A book of maps

• regions

• geology

• Pangaea

• atlas

Areas that share common characteristics

• map legend

• road map

• geology

• regions

The study of the Earth

• geography

• biology

• geology

• regions

A person that makes maps

• compass rose

• cartographer

• geology

• map scale

A map that shows where countries, cities, and borders are located

• road map

• physical map

• regions map

• political map

Hills, mountains, plains, and valleys that make up the surface of the Eath

• Pangaea

• landfomrs

• map scale

• compass rose

This explains the meaning of symbols used on a map

• map scale

• map legend

• regions

• landforms

A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,S,E,W) and intermediate (NE, SW, NW, SE) directions

• cartographer

• physical map

• map scale

• compass rose