Map Types
Map Types
Map Vocabulary
Map Vocabulary
100

Which map uses colors and lines to show the boundaries of a place?

            Physical Map or Political Map

Political Map

100

A type of map that tells how land is used in a place, such as farming.

Climate map or Land-Use Map

Land-Use Map

100
Which of these shows the direction of something?

A symbol or a compass?

Compass

100

These are horizontal lines (east to west) used on a map to give a specific location.

Longitude or Latitude

Latitude

200

Which map shows the weather of a place such as rainfall?

Climate Map or Physical Map

Climate Map

200

What does a physical map show?

Features like mountains, hills, or bodies of water.

200

What are used on a map to represent something?

A key or a symbol

Symbol

200

This uses letters and numbers to show the location of places on a map.

Scale or Coordinates

Coordinates

300

Which type of map shows the amount of people that live in a place?

Tourist Map or Population Map

Population Map

300

What does a political map show?

Boundaries of a place.

300

What is the title of a person who makes maps?

Carpenter or a Cartographer

Cartographer

300

This shows what the symbols on a map mean.

A scale or a key

key

400

What type of map shows features like mountains, hills, and bodies of water?

Physical Map or Land-Use Map

Physical Map

400

What does a climate map show?

The weather of a place such as rainfall.

400

What are the vertical (north to south) lines used on a map to give a specific location?

Longitude or Latitude

Longitude

400

This shows the direction of something.

A compass or a key

Compass
500

Which map gives the names of the roads to help people around a city?

Tourist Map or Street Map

Street Map
500

Does Isabell like maps?

NO!!!!

500

This shows how distances on a map are related to real distances.

Symbol or Scale

Scale
500

These are used on a map to represent something.

Symbols or Longitude

Symbols

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