Map Symbols
Latitude/Longitude
Map Essentials
Vocabulary
Themes of Geography
100
Small dot
What is the symbol for a city on a map?
100
Name given to imaginary lines
What are latitude lines?
100
Compass Rose
What is a directional indicator shows which way north, south, east and west lie on the map?
100
Timeline
What is it that allows us to see the span of time?
100
Absolute Location
What is Exact position using latitude and longitude?
200
Small Star
What is the symbol for a state capital?
200
Parallel lines
What is another name for latitude lines?
200
Scale
What is Used to represent the distances between points on a map?
200
BC/AD
What is Before Christ/After David?
200
Relative Location
What is location in relationship of one place to another?
300
Star with a circle around it.
What is the symbol for a National Capital?
300
Equator
What is the major latitude line?
300
Legend
What is the key that explains what the symbols on the map represent?
300
BCE/CE
What is Before Common Era/Common Era?
300
Human/Environmental Interactions
What is Shaping the Landscape?
400
Row of triangles
What is the symbol for mountains on a map?
400
Run up and down from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What are longitude lines?
400
Locator Map
What is the map that shows where in the world the area on the map is located?
400
Century
What is a 100 year period?
500
Wavey black line
What is the symbol for rivers?
500
Prime Meridian
What is the most important longitude line?
500
Bar Graph
What is the way scales are provided in our textbook?
500
Millennium
What is a thousand year period?
500
Regions (physical and human)
What are areas of land sharing and places where people share common characteristics?