Map Skills 1
Explains the images, symbols and colors used on a map
Map Key or Legend
Borders of areas like states, cities and countries
Political Map
Shows information about land forms (mountain/ oceans)
Physical Map
The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface.
Map Scale
Region Missouri is in
Midwest
Imaginary line that separates the North and South Hemispheres
Equator
A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) and intermediate (NE,SE,NW,SW) directions.
Compass Rose OR Compass
Hemisphere that North America is in
North or West
Imaginary line that separates the East and West Hemispheres
Prime Meridian
the four main directions on a compass rose: north, south, east, and west
Cardinal Directions
Ocean that is in between North America and Asia
Pacific Ocean
Ocean that is in between North America and Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
Intermediate Directions
Imaginary north-south lines that run vertically around the globe
Longitude lines
A set of imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator
Latitude lines