MAP SKILLS
This type of map shows countries, cities, and borders.
What is a political map?
The opposite direction of West.
What is East?
Horizontal lines on maps and globes.
What are lines of latitude?
This part of a map explains what symbols represent.
What is a legend (key)?
This is the largest continent on Earth.
What is Asia?
This type of map shows mountains, rivers, and landforms.
What is a physical map?
The instrument used to determine direction.
What is a compass?
The 0° latitude line.
What is the Equator?
A small picture or mark used to represent something on a map.
What is a symbol?
This continent is home to the Sahara Desert.
What is Africa?
This part of a map explains symbols and colors.
What is a legend (key)?
The direction halfway between North and East.
What is Northeast?
The latitude line at approximately 23.5° N.
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
Blue is commonly used on maps to represent this feature.
What is water?
This continent contains the country of Brazil.
What is South America?
A map that focuses on one specific topic such as rainfall or population.
What is a thematic map?
The direction between South and West.
What is Southwest?
Lines of latitude run in this direction.
What is east-west?
The symbol that shows the map's orientation.
What is a compass rose?
This continent is the smallest by land area.
What is Australia (Oceania)?
The ratio that compares map distance to real-world distance.
What is scale?
The North, South, East, and West
What is the 4 main cardinal direcrtions?
The two geographic coordinates needed to locate any place on Earth.
What are latitude and longitude?
The relationship between map distance and actual distance.
What is scale?
This transcontinental country spans both Europe and Asia and is the largest country in the world.
What is Russia?