Types of Maps
Latitude & Longitude
Map Skills Potpourri
Continents
Parts of a map
100
This map shows areas where large groups of people live.
What is a population density map?
100
Lines of longitude are also called this.
What are meridians?
100
These are things that stand for other things on a map, such as an airplane standing for an airport.
What are symbols?
100
This continent is below North America on a map or globe.
What is the South America?
100
This shows the cardinal directions on a map.
What is the compass rose?
200
This map shows the weather trends in a particular area over time.
What is a climate map?
200
Directions that lines of latitude run
What are west to east?
200
These lines show where a land area is divided into sections such as countries, states, provinces or even counties.
What are boundaries or borders?
200
A continent that touches the Indian Ocean
What is Africa, Asia?
200
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
What are intermediate directions?
300
This type of map shows elevation, landforms and bodies of water.
What is a physical map
300
The 0 degree line of latitude is known by this name.
What is the Equator?
300
This is the thing a mapmaker uses to show distance on a map.
What is a scale?
300
This continent is also called the South Pole.
What is Antarctica?
300
Read this map element first to see what a map is about.
What is title?
400
This type of map shows the boundaries of a country as well as major cities or capitals.
What is a political map?
400
Longitude lines run in these two directions?
What are north and south?
400
The key to understanding maps is to use this.
What is the legend?
400
This continent is connected to Asia.
What is Europe?
400
To find the distance between the North Pole and the South Pole, use this map element.
What is the scale?
500
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?
500
The 0 degree line of longitude is known as this.
What is Prime Meridian?
500
Someone who makes a map is known as this.
What is a cartographer?
500
The continent that is also a country because it has a government.
What is Australia ?
500
These lines on a map are used to find absolute location.
What are longitude and latitude?
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