Map Symbols
Latitude/Longitude
Map Essentials
Vocabulary
Themes of Geography
100
Small dot
What is the symbol for a city on a map?
100
Name given to imaginary lines
What are latitude lines?
100
Compass Rose
What is a directional indicator that shows which way north, south, east and west lies on a map
100
Timeline
What is the thing allows us to see the span of time between events and in order?
100
Absolute Location
What is the exact location using latitude and longitude?
200
Small Star
What is the symbol for a state capital?
200
Parallel lines
What is another name for latitude lines?
200
Scale
What is a way that mapmakers represent distances between points on a map?
200
BC/AD
What is Before Christ and After David?
200
Relative Location
What is the location using the relationship of one place to another?
300
Star with a circle around it.
What is the symbol for a National Capital?
300
Equator
What is the major latitude line?
300
Legend
What is the key that explains what the symbols on the map represent?
300
Human/Environmental Interactions
What is Shaping the landscape?
400
Row of triangles
What is the symbol for mountains on a map?
400
Run up and down from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What are longitude lines?
400
Locator Map
What is a map that shows where in the world the area on the map is located?
400
B.C.E.
What is Before the Common Era?
400
Movement
What is Humans interacting on the Earth?
500
Wavey black line
What is the symbol for rivers?
500
Prime Meridian
What is the most important longitude line?
500
Bar graph
How the scale is represented on a map
500
C.E.
What is Common Era?
500
Regions/ Physical and Human
What is Areas of land sharing common features and area where people share common characteristics?
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