Map Terms
Latitude and Longitude
Types of Maps
100
This tells us what the map is about.
What is the map title?
100
Lines of latitude are placed on the map in this direction.
What is east to west?
100
This type of map shows border and boundaries of continents and countries.
What is a political map?
200
The difference between a map scale and a scale you weigh yourself on.
What is the difference between measuring someone's weight and measuring the distance on a map?
200
Lines of longitude are placed on the map in this direction.
What is north to south?
200
This type of map shows the goods or items found in a region.
What is a resource map?
300
These are the cardinal and ordinal directions.
What are north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest?
300
Lines of latitude are measured using these direction, and lines of longitude are measured using these directions.
What is east to west and north to south?
300
This type of map shows geographical features, such as rivers, lakes, and mountains.
What is a physical map?
400
A map key shows us this.
What are the colors, symbols, shapes, and items on a map?
400
This is written first when writing a location.
What is latitude?
400
This type of map's key would give you the symbols used for different types of cities.
What is a political map?
500
Mr. Ketelhut's middle name.
What is David?
500
These is the line of longitude at 0 degrees and line of latitude at 0 degrees (answered in that order!)
What is the prime meridian and the equator?
500
These are Mr. Ketelhut's favorite colors.
What are blue and purple?
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