Land at the edge of a large body of water such as an ocean.

forest

Large are of land where many trees grow.

mountain

Highest land on Earth

ocean

Any of the four largest bodies of water on Earth.

peninsula

Land with water on three sides.

river

Large stream of water leading to a lake, other river, or ocean.

swamp

Very shallow water covering low land filled with trees and other plants.

valley

Low land between mountains or hills.

volcano

Mountain with opening at the top formed by violent bursts of steam and hot rock

prime meridian

Imaginary line that divides the globe in the Eastern and Western hemispheres

equator

Imaginary line that divides the globe into the Northern and Southern hemispheres

hemisphere

Half of a globe.

Name and point to the four oceans.

compass rose

What is the capital of Virginia?

Richmond

latitude

Imaginary globe lines that circle the globe from east to west (horizontally)

longitude

Imaginary lines that circle the globe from north to south (vertically)

degrees

Units of measure used in mapping.  

north latitude

Lines above the equator

south latitude

lines below the equator

0 degrees latitude

equator

east longitude

lines east of the prime meridian

west longitude

lines west of the prime meridian

0 degrees longitude

Prime meridian

atlas

A book of maps.

A compass rose is used to show what?

Direction

A map scale measures what?

distance

What are the cardinal directions?

North, South, East and West.

What are the intermediate directions?

Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast.

What does a legend show?

The symbols on a map and what they stand for.

  What continent is the largest?

Asia

What continent is the smallest?

Australia

What ocean is west of North America?

Pacific

What ocean is east of Africa ?

Indian Ocean

What ocean is east of North America?

Atlantic Ocean

What continent is north of Africa ?

 Europe