Map Parts
What do you use to help you find your way when you get lost?
map
These are the 4 Cardinal Directions on a compass
North, South, East, West
What is at the top of a map and tells what the map is about
Title
what does the w on a map stand for?
west
True or False. You can see the actual line of the equator when you go to Ecuador.
False
Explains what the symbols on a map mean
Key/Legend
What does the N on the compass rose stand for?
North.
True or False. The prime meridian is the imaginary line that separates the Eastern Hemisphere from the Western Hemisphere.
True.
icons that stand for something else on a map
Symbols
what does the s on a map stand for?
south
What name of the line is also know as a line of latitude?
equator
True or False. The equator separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere.
True
What word is in longitude that helps you remember which way the prime meridian stretches?
long
What does sw stand for on a compass rose?
Southwest
What type of line is also known as a line of longitude?
Prime meridian
The imaginary line that is in the center of the earth.
equator