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Map Parts
Types of Maps
Map Directions
Compass Rose
Miscellaneous
100

How the cartographer centers the map.

Orientation

100

This thematic map shows the population density or the number of people living in a certain area

Population Map

100
These are the 4 Cardinal Directions
North, South, East, West
100
Shows the directions on a map
Compass Rose
100
A picture of a place
Map
200
Tells what the map is about-the main idea of the map
Title
200
Shows divisions or boundaries between continents, countries, states and provinces
Political Map
200
The points in-between the Cardinal Directions
Intermediate Directions
200
The longest points on a Compass Rose
Cardinal Directions
200
True or False: A map always represents a real place
False
300
Explains what the symbols mean
Key/Legend
300

Shows established weather patterns or what the weather or climate is doing in a certain area

Climate or Weather Map

300
The 4 Intermediate Directions
Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast
300
The sun rises in the ______.
East
300

Imaginary lines running north and south from pole to pole as a measure of east and west.

Longitude

400
icons used on a map
Symbols
400
Shows the ELEVATION, vegetation or some other feature of the land
Physical Map
400

The zero point from which eastern and western hemispheres are determined.

Prime Meridian

400
The sun sets in the ______.
West
400

True or False - Political maps never show oceans, rivers and lakes.

False

500
Measures the distance on a map
Scale
500

A type of map that shows a pattern in the subject matter.  This map can be of almost anything to visualize the relationship between geography and some other feature like light, language, grasslands...

Thematic Map

500

The center horizontal line that goes around the earth from which the northern and southern hemispheres are determined.

Equator

500
True or False - I can tell the orientation of a Compass Rose and figure out North by the rising and setting of the sun.
True
500

Imaginary lines running horizontally around the earth.  Also called parallels, these lines measure north and south.

Latitude