Types of Maps
Cardinal Directions
Intermediate Directions
Parts of Maps
Using Maps
100
What type of map shows differernt countries/states/areas of government?
Political Map
100

The state that is directly west of Massachusetts

What is New York?

100

Florida is ___________ from Massachusetts

What is southwest?

100
What part of the map shows direction?
Compass Rose
100

The symbol for the state capitals

What is a yellow star?

200

What is the type of map that shows landforms like mountains, deserts, and bodies of water

Physical map

200

What ocean is directly east of Massachusetts?

What is the Atlantic Ocean?
200

Washington state is _____________ of Massachusetts

What is northwest?

200
What part of a map would you use to show distance between two places?
Scale
200

 The symbol for the capital of the country

What is the Capitol Building?

300
What is the name of the map that shows where goods come from and how the land is used?
product/resource map
300

The three states that are directly north of Massachusetts

What are Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine?
300

__________ borders Texas to the northeast

What is Arkansas
300
Which part of a map explains what colors and symbols stand for?
Map key/legend
300
What color are the names of rivers and lakes?
Blue
400
What type of map shows where streets, highways, and interstates can be found?
Road Map
400

The country that is directly north of the United States 

What is Canada?

400
What direction is Maine from Iowa?
Northeast
400
What are the uses of symbols on a map?
to label landforms and places
400

The color of the names of the Great Lakes

What is white?

500
What is a person called who creates maps?
cartographer
500
Antarctica is what direction from the USA?
South
500
What direction is South America from the U.S.A?
Southeast
500
What is the purpose of an "inset" map?
To show a small area of a map in greater detail. (zoom in)
500
About how many miles is it from the eastern border of Nebraska to the western border of Nebraska?
400 Miles