Map Features
Types of Maps
Map Skills
Misc
Vocab
100
What map feature shows the topic of a map?
Title
100
A map that shows a particular theme, or topic is called a ....
Thematic map
100
What does the relative location of a place tell you?
Where a place is compared to another place.
100
This image shows a region with a population density of
A. fewer than 2 people per square mile.
B. 25 to 125 people per square mile.
C. 125 to 250 people per square mile.
D. more than 250 people per square mile.
More than 250 people per square mile.
100
A map that shows a particular theme, or topic is called a ...
Thematic map
200
What map feature shows the cardinal directions on a map?
Compass Rose
200
What type of thematic map is the following map?
A political map
200
A meridian of LONGitude is an imaginary line that runs...
from the North Pole to the South Pole.
200
Coal, iron, wood, and oil are examples of what?
Natural Resources
200
The average number of people who live in a unit of area, such as a square mile. Population density measures how crowded an area is.
Population density
300
What map feature shows what symbols on a map stand for?
Legend or key
300
What kind of information is shown on this map of North Africa?
Vegetation Zones
300
What do geographers use to indicate the ABSOLUTE location of any place on Earth?
a global grid /latitude and longitude
300
Maps that show borders between countries and states as well as major cities and capitals are called ...
Political maps
300
A useful material that is found in nature, such as water, wood, coal, or oil
Natural resource
400
What map feature shows the distances on a map compare to distances on Earth?
Scale
400
Which of the following will you find on a map that shows physical features?
Landforms
400
The changes in shape, size, and position of features that occur when representing the Earth on a flat map take place because of
distortion
400
The pattern of weather over a long period of time is called the ...
Climate
400
A map has a ___________________________________________ when changes in shape, size, and position of features occur when representing the Earth in a flat image.
Distortion
500
What map feature shows the absolute locations of places on a map?
The global grid of latitude and longitude
500
What does an economic activity map of a country show?
How its people make a living.
500
An area defined by one or more cultural characteristics that set it apart from other areas is called a ...
Region
500
What causes the changing of seasons throughout the year?
A. the rotation of Earth
B. the tilt of Earth's axis toward the sun
C. the distance between the sun and Earth
D. the division of Earth into hemispheres
The tilt of Earth's axis toward the sun.
500
The Earth _____________________s on its axis toward or away from the Sun. This causes the Seasons.
Tilt