Social Studies - Maps and Globes Vocabulary

The place where something is

• location

• Earth

• globe

• map legend

A place where a home or other building is

• map

• location

• continent

• address

The place where a state or country ends

• border

• map legend

• Earth

• goble

A picture that shows where places are

• map

• cardinal directions

• country

• continent

An area of land with its own people and laws

• continent

• country

• map

• globe

Our planet

• Earth

• globe

• continent

• map legend

Part of a map that shows what each symbol on the map stands for

• cardinal directions

• continent

• globe

• map legend

The four main directions

• border

• cardinal directions

• globe

• continent

A large area of land

• continent

• map legend

• globe

• country

A model of Earth

• map

• globe

• Earth

• map legend