Map Skills
What does a compass rose show?
Directions (N, S, E, & W)
If Houston is south of Dallas, is this absolute or relative location?
Relative location.
What do we call directions like north, south, east, and west?
Cardinal directions.
Which tool on a map shows distance between places?
Map scale.
What does absolute location use to show where a place is?
Latitude and longitude.
What do we call directions like northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest?
Intermediate directions.
What does a map key/legend tell us?
What the symbols on the map mean.
Which U.S. state is directly north of Texas?
Oklahoma.
The lines that run east-west on a globe are called what?
Latitude.
What is the difference between a physical map and a political map?
Physical shows land/water features; political shows boundaries and cities.
If you are traveling east from Texas, which ocean will you reach?
Atlantic Ocean.
The lines that run north-south on a globe are called what?
Longitude.
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
Absolute = exact (latitude/longitude); Relative = compared to another place.
What is the capital of Texas, and what map symbol marks it?
Austin; a star (often red).
What vocabulary word means “a round model of the Earth”?
Globe