Geographic Tools
Legends and Keys
Directions Please!
Map Elements
What am I?
100
Where can world communities be located?
Globes and maps
100
What does the filled-in black dot represent?
A river
100
Name the four cardinal directions
North, West, East, South
100
What is another word for the key?
Legend
100
Compass rose
200
What do maps tell us?
Sizes and shapes of places, features in a location, and distances between places.
200
What is this a map of?
A park
200
Which direction should you walk to get to Spring Street from Summer Street?
North
200
How do you know what the map you are looking at represents?
The title
200
The imaginary line dividing the northern and southern hemispheres
The equator
300
what do globes show us?
Landmasses and water bodies
300
How many benches are on the map?
6
300
Which direction should I walk to get to Green Road from Plum Lane?
West
300
How do you measure the distance on a map?
A scale
300
A person who makes maps
A cartographer
400
What do globes represent?
The world on a sphere that rotates on an axis.
400
How many parks are on the map?
2
400
What streets will you need to walk on to get from David's house to the library?
Berry Drive, Fifth Street, Main Street
400
The point where longitude and latitude lines meet.
Coordinates
400
A symbolic representation of an area of land or sea with physical features, cities, roads, etc.
A map
500
What is the function of the geographic grid?
To give a specific location by intersecting the latitude and longitude lines.
500
How many stores are on the map?
7
500
What 2 directions should you go if you want to get from Arianna's house to the school?
East and South
500
The five elements of any map
Title, scale, legend, compass, latitude/longitude
500
Half of the earth, divided into northern and southern
Hemisphere