Map Symbols
Latitude
Latitude
Map Essentials
Themes of Geography
100
Small dot
What is the map symbol for a city?
100
Imaginary horizontal lines.
What is latitude lines?
100
Run up and down the globe
What is longitude lines?
100
A directional indicator
What is a compass rose?
100
Absolute Location
What is exact position measured in latitude and longitude.
200
Star with a circle around it.
What is map symbol for a National Capital?
200
Major parallel line.
What is the equator?
200
The main longitude line.
What is the Prime Meridian?
200
Used to represent distances on a map.
What is a scale?
200
Relative location
What is relationship of one place to another?
300
Wavey black line.
What is the map symbol for rivers?
300
Land and water North of the major parallel line.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
300
All land and water West of the Prime Meridian
What is the Western Hemisphere?
300
Key that explains the symbols on a map.
What is legend?
300
Shaping the landscape
What is Human/Environmental Interactions?
400
Thick red line
What is the map symbol for National boundaries?
400
The land and water South of the major parallel line.
What is the Southern Hemisphere?
400
All land and water east of the Prime Meridian.
What is Eastern Hemisphere?
400
Map that show where in the world the area is located.
What is a locator map?
400
Humans interacting on the Earth
What is Movement?
500
Shape colored blue.
What is the map symbol for a lake?
500
Zero degrees
What is the degrees of the equator?
500
Latitude and Longitude.
What forms a grid to locate points on the earth?
500
Give distances in miles and kilometers.
What is a scale?
500
Human regions
Areas where people share common characteristics?
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