Maps and Communities Vocabulary Cards
The terms listed in the left column match the definitions in the column on the right.
These can be cut apart to make a matching game or be kept together and folded in half for
review purposes.
Longitude
Latitude
Prime Meridian
Hemisphere
Equator
Rural community
Imaginary lines that run north
to south on a map
Imaginary lines that run from
east to west on a map
Imaginary line that divides the
world in to eastern and western
halves
Divided into northern, southern,
eastern and western by the
equator and the prime meridian
Imaginary line that divides the
world into northern and
southern halves
Places in the country side
where towns are spread out and
small
Urban community
Suburban community
Compass rose
Map key
Map scale
Antarctica
Communities in cities
Places outside the city where
many people live.
Main points are north, south,
east and west with
intermediate directions
northeast, northwest,
southeast and southwest – it
shows directions on a map
Contains the information you
need to read the symbols on a
map
Used to measure distances on a
map
The southern most continent in
the world
Atlantic Ocean
Cardinal Directions
Continent
Map Title
North America
Ordinal Directions
The body of water on the east
coast of the United States
The four main points on a
compass, North , South , East,
and West
One of the 7 bodies of land
that covers the Earth
Used to label the map
The continent where the United
States is located
The secondary directions on a
compass