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Scale
Kinds of Maps
Parts of a map
Directions
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100
the distance between two things on a map that are 2 inches apart when the scale is 1 inch=1 mile
What is 2 miles?
100
A 3-dimensional model of the earth
What is a globe?
100
A simple drawing that stands for a real thing or place
What is a symbol?
100
The direction on the bottom of a compass rose.
What is south?
100
The invisible line that divides the earth in half
What is the equator?
200
The reason maps have scales
What is "so we know how far things are from each other or how big things are"?
200
A flat drawing that shows what the earth, or part of the earth, looks like
What is a map?
200
A special part of a map that describes the symbols.
What is a map key or legend?
200
The four main directions on a compass rose
What are cardinal directions?
200
Half of the earth
What is a hemisphere?
300
The distance between two things that are 7 inches apart on a map when the scale is 1 inch= 1/2 mile
What is 3 1/2 miles?
300
A map that shows natural things, such as rivers, mountains, forests, and deserts
What is a physical map
300
A small drawing on a map that shows the directions
What is a compass rose?
300
The opposite of west
What is east?
300
The part of the map that helps you find out how far one place is from another
What is a scale?
400
The distance between two things that are 8 inches apart when the scale is 1 inch= 20 feet.
What is 160 feet?
400
A map that shows states, capitals, cities, buildings, and other man-made things
What is a political map?
400
Squares labeled with letters and numbers that help you locate things on a map
What is a grid?
400
The directions on a compass rose that are between the four main directions
What are intermediate directions?
400
The main city of a state or country where laws are made (often shown by a star)
What is a capital?
500
The length of a river that is 9 inches long when the map's scale is 1 inch= 1/4 mile
What is 2 1/4 miles long?
500
The kind of map I would use to get to the mall (if I didn't have a GPS!)
What is a political map?
500
The labels that belong on a compass rose. (draw and label one on the white board)
What are north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, and north?
500
The opposite of north east
What is southwest?
500
Three ways our world would be different if we didn't have maps?
What is??? (Teacher decides if they're right) :)