Types of Maps
This map shows areas where large groups of people live.
What is a population density map?
Lines of longitude are also called this.
What are meridians?
These are things that stand for other things on a map, such as an airplane standing for an airport.
What are symbols?
This map shows the weather trends in a particular area over time.
What is a climate map?
Directions that lines of latitude run
What are west to east?
These lines show the limits of the territory within a certain area; in football a player might be out of them.
What are boundaries?
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
What are intermediate directions?
This kind of map shows that groups of people in certain parts of Virginia speak Spanish, while groups in another park speak Urdu.
What is a language map
The main line of latitude is known by this name.
What is the Equator?
This is the thing a mapmaker uses to show distance on a map.
What is a scale?
The name of this ocean is found in the word Antarctica.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
This type of map shows the boundaries of a country as well as major cities or capitals.
What is a political map?
The key to understanding maps is to use this.
What is the legend?
This type of map shows many things, including that there are more farms in Southeastern Virginia than in Northern Virginia.
What is a product map?
The main line of longitude is known as this.
What is Prime Meridian?
A person who studies maps is called?
What is a cartographer?