Map Elements
This part of a map shows directions.
What is a compass rose?
This line is 0° latitude.
What is the equator?
This type of map shows landforms.
What is physical map?
This landform is a large body of salt water.
What is an ocean?
Most people live near water for these reasons.
What is access to drinking water, farming, and trade?
A map legend tells you this.
What is the meaning of symbols?
Longitude is measured in this direction.
A political map shows this.
What are countries, borders, and cities?
This landform forms between mountains.
What is a valley?
This makes it hard for people to live in deserts.
What is lack of water and extreme temperatures?
If 1 inch = 100 miles on a map, 3 inches is this many miles on a map.
What is 300 miles?
40°N, 74°W is near this U.S. city.
What is New York City?
This kind of map shows information about a theme, like population.
What is a thematic map?
This landform is great for farming due to flat land.
What is a plain?
Climate affects what crops can grow for these reasons.
What are different crops need different temperatures and rainfall?
This part of a map tells you the meaning of colors and shapes.
What is the key/legend?
You would use this tool to find coordinates on a map.
What is a globe or coordinate grid?
You would see this type of map to see mountains and rivers.
What is a physical map?
Civilizations often start near rivers for these reasons.
What are water for farming and transportation?
People avoid settling in mountain regions for these reasons.
What is hard to farm, travel, or build cities?
The scale on a map helps you measure this.
What is real-world distance?
This comes first in a coordinate.
What is latitude?
This kind of map would show how many people live in an area.
What is a population density map?
Name three landforms and how they affect how people live.
Open-ended
What is fertile soil and predictable floods?