Vocabulary
A symbol that shows directions on a map or globe?
What is a compass rose
An element of a map that describes the specific purpose, theme, or subject of a map
What is map title
A map that shows roadways for transportation in a specific area.
What is a Road Map
A type of map that can also label major waterways like rivers and oceans.
What is a Political Map
A map used to show population, wealth, educational status, polution, or time zones.
What is a Thematic Map
A drawing of the earth, or a part of the earth, on a flat surface.
What is a map.
A box that explains what the symbols, colors, or labels mean on a map.
What is a map key
A map that shows weather patterns, like temperature, precipitation, and humidity, in an area.
What is a Climate Map
A type of map that uses a map key to provide that mountains are brown, plains are green, and water is blue.
What is a physical Map
This line is at 0 degrees latitude and divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the equator
A 3-D sphere of the entire planet.
What is a globe
A map that shows borders of countries and states and may also include the names of cities and capitals.
What is a Political Map
A map that shows where certain natural resources exist in specific areas.
What is a Resource Map
A map useful for navigating might include specific addresses or points of interest.
What is a Road Map
This line is at 0 degrees longitude and divides the earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the prime meridian.
A symbol that shows what the distance on a map would convert to in real time.
What is a scale
A Map that shows the earth's natural landscape through land elevation and water depths.
What is a Physical Map
The four components every map has to have to help the reader.
What are map title, map key, compass rose, and scale
This map can show the following: tropical, temperate, and polar
What is a Climate Map
Label a compass rose with the cardinal directions and the intermediate directions.
Teacher will check.
What do we call the directions: N, S, E, W?
What do we call the directions: NE, SE, SW, NW?
What are cardinal directions
What are intermediate directions
A map that shows features or data related to a specific theme or topic.
What is a Thematic Map.
The term used to describe the different landforms and natural features that can be seen on a Physical Map.
What is topography
This map would be used to help economies and societies develop.
What is a Resource Map
Label a picture of a globe with the equator and the prime meridian.
Teacher will check.