Compass Rose
Map Skills Vocab
Map Skills Vocab 2
Reading a Map
100
What are the four cardinal directions?
North, South, East, West
100
What do we look at to tell us the direction of something?
Compass Rose
100
Imaginary lines running in north-south direction across Earth measuring how many degrees east or west a location is.
Longitude
100
Which direction are the hills in?
North
200
What are the four intermediate directions?
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
200
Tells us what each symbol on the map represents
Map legend
200
Imaginary lines running in an east-west direction across Earth measuring how many degrees north or south of the equator a place is located
Latitude
200
What does the tree symbol represent?
The woods
300
What direction points up?
North
300
A guide that shows the relationship between distance on the map and distance in real life
Map Scale
300
A Map that shows how many people live in a given area
Population map
300
What is the title of this map?
A Park Map
400
What direction points down?
South
400
Pictures or icons that represent different features on a map
Symbols
400
A Map that shows the weather of an area
Climate map
400
What direction is the lake in?
The West
500
If I am walking to the right, what direction am I walking in?
East
500
Divides the map using latitude and longitude lines that is used to locate places easily
Coordinate grid
500
A Map that shows how the land is used
A land-use map
500
What symbol shows where you can have a picnic?
A picnic table