Map Parts
Types of Maps
Map Directions
Compass Rose
Miscellaneous
100

Tells what the directions are on a map.

Compass Rose

100

Shows names of streets, major buildings, and other important landmarks.

Road map

100
These are the 4 Cardinal Directions
North, South, East, West
100

Directions between the cardinal directions on a compass rose.

Intermediate directions

100
A picture of a place
Map
200
Tells what the map is about-the main idea of the map
Title
200
Shows divisions or boundaries between continents, countries, states and provinces
Political Map
200
The points in-between the Cardinal Directions
Intermediate Directions
200
The longest points on a Compass Rose
Cardinal Directions
200
True or False: A map always represents a real place
False
300
Explains what the symbols mean
Key/Legend
300
Shows established weather patterns or what the weather or climate is doing in a certain area
Climate or Weather Map
300
The 4 Intermediate Directions
Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast
300
The sun rises in the ______.
East
300

What is another word for a key? 

Legend

400
icons used on a map
Symbols
400
Shows the ELEVATION, vegetation or some other feature of the land
Physical Map
400

Use intermediate directions to describe the relationship. Texas is _______ of Virginia.

Southwest

400
The sun sets in the ______.
West
400
True or False - Political maps never show oceans, rivers and lakes.
False
500
Measures the distance on a map
Scale
500

Shows the crops and/or natural things we use in each region.

Resource Map

500

Using Cardinal Directions - California is ______ of Arizona.

West

500
True or False - I can tell the orientation of a Compass Rose and figure out North by the rising and setting of the sun.
True
500

True or False - Texas is located Southeast of Oregon.

True

M
e
n
u