Map Scale
True or False: We can use a map scale to find the distance between two locations
What is True?
When looking at the equator line, what cardinal direction is at the bottom
What is South?
A map that shows the different weather patterns over a certain area
What is a Weather/Climate Map?
The name on a map or what the map is about
The shape of the Earth is..
What is a Sphere?
True or False: Map scales are the directions on a map
What is False?
When looking at the equator line, what cardinal direction is at the top
What is North?
A map that shows the natural resources in different areas
What is a Resource Map?
The name for a picture or figure that shows features on a map in the map key/legend
What is a Symbol?
The phrase we use to remember the cardinal directions
Never Eat Soggy Waffles
Two ways of measuring distance on a map
What are Kilometers and Miles?
What cardinal direction are these two:
1) <---------- 2) --------->
What are West and East?
A map that shows the different landforms and bodies of water
What is a Physical Map?
This shows the symbols used on a map
What is a Map Key/Legend?
A drawing of a real place
What is a Map?
A map scale states that 1 inch = 200 miles, how many miles did I travel if I traveled 2 inches
What is 400 miles?
The directions that show North, South, East, and West
What are Cardinal Directions?
A map that shows the borders, major cities, and capitals
What is a Political Map?
A tool that shows both cardinal and intermediate directions (Ex: North, South, East, West, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest)
What is a Compass Rose?
The lines that intersect on a map
What is a Grid?
A map scale states that 1 inch = 100 miles, how many miles did I travel if I traveled 3 1/2 inches
What is 350 miles?
The directions that show NE, SE, NW, and SW
What are Intermediate directions?
A person that makes maps
What is a cartographer?
A guide on a map that shows the relationship between distance on the map and distance in real life
What is a Map Scale?
Use an Intermediate direction to describe the location of PA in the U.S.
What is Northeast?