Map Skills, Grade 4

Front 1

continent

Back 1

one of the seven large bodies of land on the Earth

Front 2

longitude line

Back 2

a line drawn from North to South from pole to pole on the globe

Front 3

map key

Back 3

the section that explains the symbols used on a map

Front 4

ocean

Back 4

a large body of salt water that covers most of the Earth's surface

Front 5

map

Back 5

a drawing of part or all of the Earth's surface that shows where things are located

Front 6

North Pole

Back 6

the point located at the most northern place on a globe

Front 7

symbol

Back 7

something that stands for the real thing

Front 8

latitude line

Back 8

an east-west line drawn parallel to the equator on the globe

Front 9

South Pole

Back 9

the point located at the most southern place on the globe

Front 10

globe

Back 10

a round model of the Earth

Front 11

axis

Back 11

imaginary line that runs through the center of the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole

Front 12

landforms map

Back 12

map that uses colors to show the height, shape of land, like mountains, plateaus, plains

Front 13

prime meridian

Back 13

special longitude line that is the starting point for measuring all other lines of longitude

Front 14

distance scale

Back 14

measuring line on a map that helps to figure distance in kilometers or miles from one place to another.

Front 15

equator

Back 15

imaginary line that circles the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole

Front 16

hemisphere

Back 16

half of a sphere, on a globe a hemishpere represents one half of the earth

Front 17

compass rose

Back 17

drawing showing the main directions of north, south, east, west on a map