Geography

The design on a map, called a compass rose, shows . . .

• latitude
• cardinal directions
• compass rose
• northern hemisphere

What continent is the United States a part of?

• Europe
• North America
• Australia
• Asia

Tool used to help travelers figure out distance.

• Legend

• Map Scale

A ____ ____ tells what the symbols on a map mean.

• cardinal directions

• map key

• landform

• geography

The shape of the surface of the land, such as mountains, plain, coast, island, peninsula, or plateau.

• Map key

• Map Scale

• Landform

• Geography

What is the imaginary line around the center of Earth?

• sidewalk

• segment

• equator

• prime meridian

How many oceans cover Earth? (not including the Southern Ocean)

• 3

• 4

• 6

• 7

A map is _________.

• round

• flat

What are the seven largest land masses on earth?

• mountains

• oceans

• continents

• islands

land rising high above the land around it, mostly made of rocks with steep, pointed peaks

• hill

• mountain

• valley

• canyon