Map Skills
This map tool labels the different symbols used on a map.
The Map Key
Roads and Points of Interest
Road Map
On the East Coast of the United States
The Atlantic
What are the four seasons of the Temperate zone?
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Africa
If I need to find true North, I can use this tool.
Compass Rose
Elevation and Landforms
Physical Map
Climate Zone of New York
Temperate
If a physical map is showing a lot of red, what can be said about that area?
Mountains, High Elevation
Lines that circle the Earth horizontally and never touch are called.
Latitude Lines
Boundaries, Countries, States
Political Map
Above Russia
The Arctic
Hot, Rainy, Muggy
Tropical (Will take equator)
What zone would Ms. Ensminger want to travel to in the winter?
Tropical, Equator Zone
The zero degree latitude line is.
The Equator.
Average Weather
Climate Map
In between North America and Asia
The Pacific
Top of Russia
Polar
What kind of map would be useful to a pilot who needs to know how high she should fly?
Physical Map.
Longitude Lines are also called.
Oil, Plants, Animals
Resource Map
BONUS
What do we measure elevation from?
Sea Level
Closest to the Sun
Equator
List all 8 Directions seen on a compass rose
North
East
West
South
NE, NW
SE, SW