Map Skills
Types of Maps
Latitude & Longitude
Regions
Miscellaneous
100
a person who makes maps
What is a cartographer?
100
shows the boundaries and locations of countries, states and major cities
What is a political map?
100
the exact spot on Earth a place is located
What is absolute location?
100
an area with common characteristics that make it distinct from other places
What is a region?
100
the average weather conditions, including temperature and rainfall, of an area
What is climate?
200
a round, three-dimensional map that represents the entire Earth
What is a globe?
200
show the physical features, such as mountains, deserts and rivers, of an area
What is a physical map?
200
the location of a place in relation to other places
What is relative location?
200
an area that shares landforms, climate and animal an plant life
What is a physical region?
200
an imaginary line that divides the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres
What is the equator?
300
explains what each symbol on a map represents
What is the key (or legend)
300
shows how many people live in an area relative to the space occupied by the people
What is a population density map?
300
horizontal lines on a map that measure the distance north and south of the equator
What is latitude?
300
an area where the people share characteristics like religious beliefs, language, and other ways of life
What is a cultural region?
300
the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres
What is the Prime Meridian?
400
shows where the cardinal directions are on a map
What is the direction indicator (or compass rose)?
400
shows the natural resources and economic activities of a particular area
What is a product (or resource) map?
400
the vertical lines on a map that measure the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
What is longitude?
400
the Amazon Rainforest, Himalayan Mountains, the Sahara Desert and the Tibetan Plateau
What are examples of a physical region?
400
maps from the past that are used to show how a place changes over time
What is a historical map?
500
can be used to compare distance on a map to distant in real life
What is a map scale?
500
a map that shows elevations above sea-level
What is a topographical map?
500
has great effect on the climate of a place or region
What is a place's latitude?
500
the Middle East, Latin America, Vietnam, and Greater Australia
What are examples of a cultural region?
500
how a society produces and distributes goods, services and resources
What is an economy?
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