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Parts of a Map
Map Making
Reading a Map
Landforms
Misc Map Terms
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The name of the area your map shows.
What is Title?
100
This kind of map shows the surface features of an area.
What is topographic map?
100
Sea level is at this elevation.
What is zero?
100
When contour lines are very far apart the land is:
What is flat?
100
This tool is used to order to determine the cardinal directions.
What is compass?
200
Mapmakers use these to represent real things on a map.
What is symbols?
200
Lines connecting points of equal elevation on a topographic map are known as this.
What is contour lines?
200
This cardinal direction is always located at the top of the map, unless otherwise indicated by the map legend.
What is north?
200
A landform with high elevation and high relief.
What is mountain?
200
North, South, East, and West are known this.
What are cardinal directions?
300
This shows the cardinal directions on a map.
What is compass rose?
300
The change in elevation from contour line to contour line is known as this.
What is contour interval?
300
A steep change in elevation would look like this on a topographic map.
What is contour lines spaced very close together?
300
What is a landform that is steep with a crater or depression at the top? Hint: Not a mountain.
What is volcano?
300
The height above sea level is known as this.
What is elevation?
400
The meaning of the symbols used on a map are explained in this.
What is legend?
400
What do you calculate with rise over run?
What is slope?
400
A situation where contour lines may cross.
What is never?
400
On a topographic map,contour lines that are closed loops represent:
What is hilltops or ridges?
400
The main line of latitude is also known as this.
What is the equator?
500
A mapmaker uses this to show distance on a map.
What is scale?
500
The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts on a map is known as this:
What is relief?
500
When contour lines cross rivers, which way do they point?
What is upstream?
500
Depressions or craters are indicated using these lines, which point towards the center of the depression or hole:
What is Hatchure lines?
500
Someone who makes a map is known as this.
What is cartographer?