Landforms, Map Skills, and Globe Skills

What is a landform?

• A tool for making land

• A natural feature of the land surface

• the view of Earth from space

Check all of the landforms:

• mountain

• tree

• ocean

• hill

• skyscraper

What is a peninsula?

• an island

• a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides

• a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

The first 13 colonies were settled along what coast?

• East

• West

• Southern

What is a map?

• a computer device

• a representation of a place

• something you wipe your feet on

What do we use to represent places or things on a map key?

• words

• rulers

• symbols

Which cardinal direction is missing?

• North

• South

• East

• West

What does a map key tell?

• how to open the map

• which map to use

• what the symbols on a map stand for

Map scale is a way to __________.

• measure a distance

• weigh the map

• weigh food

What shape is the Earth?

• circle

• sphere

• square