Our World - Unit 1 - Silvia and Martina | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 22 Public

Maps and globes

Study Slideshow

What are the three types of maps?

relief, political and road

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What does a relief map show?

It shows high land, low land and rivers

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What does a political map show?

It shows capitals, borders and different regions of a country

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What does a road map show?

It shows the names and types of roads

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What are the four cardinal points?

North, South, East and West

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What does a compass do?

It shows the cardinal points

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What is a compass made of?

Its made of a needle and a magnet

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Where does the red point always point?

North

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Where does the sun rise?

It rises in the east

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Where does the sun set?

It sets in the west

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On a relief map, what do the wavy bleu lines mean?

Rivers

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What color dot are the capitals in a political map?

Red

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What are the black dots in a political map?

Regional capitals

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Is a map flat or a sphere?

flat

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The equator always goes around which part of the Earth?

The middle

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Where does Earth's axis go from and to?

From the North Pole to the South Pole

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