Found on maps
The map title
What the map is showing
Shows where people live
What is a population map?
What is a linear scale?
How far it is from one place to another
What is distance?
Shows the dividing lines or borders that governments make between cities, states, and countries.
What is a political map?
What is a representative fraction?
The map scale
What shows the relationship between the distance on a map and the distance on the ground?
Shows the natural features of a place, such as landforms, mountains, valleys, lakes, and streams.
What is a physical map?
This type of scale writes the relationship of the distance on the map and the distance on the Earth in words.
What is a verbal scale?
The legend
What tells us what the symbols and colors on a map represent
Shows whether a place is usually warm, cold, wet, or dry. Climate is the weather pattern of a place over many years.
What is a climate map?
The Compass Rose
What is the diagram on the map that shows directions (North, South, East, West)
Shows the height of a place in relation to sea level. It usually has contour lines or colors and numbers to represent height.
What is an elevation map?