Map Skills
Factors of Production
Skills
Physical Geography
Human Geography
100

Describe what the map shows

Title

100

Natural Resources and the raw materials needed to produce and distribute

oil, forests, gold, water, transportation

Land

100

created by someone who was involved in or witnessed an event.

Primary Source

100

The location of a place in relation to another place

Relative Location

100

Change the Land

Modification

200

Directions (north, south, east, and west)

Orientation

200

Someone who combines all other factors to create profit

Entrepreneur

200

opinion, account, or interpretation of a past event by someone who wasn’t there.

Secondary Source

200

The EXACT location of a place

Absolute Location

200

Use As Is

Adaption

300

Identifies when the map was made

Date

300

Human effort

time, energy, experience

Labor

300

an opinion or argument that the author of a text is trying to prove to the reader.

Claim

300

Divides the earth between Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere

Equator

300

common behavior or beliefs of people in a society - often seen in language, clothing, customs, religion, laws and more.

Culture

400

Used to Decode the Visual Symbols of a Map

Symbols

400

Stuff

machines, tools, buildings people use

hammer, computer, vehicle, camera, stethoscope, oven

Capital

400

the details that the author uses to support his or her main points.

Reasons

400

Prime Meridian – Divides the Eastern Hemisphere from  Western Hemisphere

Prime Meridian

400

a group of people in a common area.

Society

500

Shows actual distance of Earth's Surface

Scale

500

When there's not enough of something

Scarcity

500

specific examples and facts the author uses to support the reasons.

Evidence

500

It is a grid for finding your 

location on the Earth. 



Latitude and Longitude

500

A set of beliefs about the meaning of life, the nature of the universe, and the existence of the supernatural (including God or a Supreme Being)

Religion

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