Map Vocabulary
What is a map?
A flat or 2D representation of an area.
A map can be used for:
A.) Show where oceans and rivers are
B.) Help you find your friend's house
C.) Find where places are located around the country
D.) All of the above
D.) All of the above.
What is globe?
A 3D sphere representation of the Earth.
What is a compass rose?
A symbol on a map that shows direction (North, South, East, West)
What does a WEATHER map show you?
Shows temperature and if an area is sunny, rainy, or cloudy.
What is a map key?
To explain what the symbols on a map represent.
What are 2 important characteristics of a globe?
-3D
-It's a sphere
-Shows continents
How many directions are on a compass rose?
4
What is a POPULATION map?
Shows where people live.
What is an important symbol that is on every map?
A compass rose.
When might you use a globe?
-Looking at different oceans
-Looking at different continents
When using a map why is a compass rose important?
*Answers vary* So you know what direction you are going.
What is a PRODUCT map?
Shows the types of things that are grown, raised, or mined in a certain place.
Why are flat maps distorted images of the Earth?
It stretches out the land areas, making them bigger than they appear in real life.
A globe spins:
A.) Straight up and down
B.) On a tilt
B.) On a tilt
What are the 4 directions on a compass rose IN ORDER?
North East South West
What is a POLITICAL map?
Shows the boundaries that separate political areas such as counties, states, or nations.
Why might you use a map over a globe?
*Answers vary* Looking for a specific location in an area.
Why might you use a globe over a map?
*Answers vary** Looking at the distance between two countries, the oceans, the continents.
On a compass, what directions go in between North, East, South, West?
Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest