Map Features
Types of maps
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Random questions 1
100
What is this image called?
Compass Rose
100
This type of map is used to show mountains, lakes, deserts, etc.
physical map
100
Name the cardinal directions
North, South, East, West
100
There are 7 ________ .
continents
200
What box has symbols use on a map?
Map Key (or Legend)
200
What does a political map show?
country/state borders, city boundaries and names
200
What kind of map would I use if I wanted to find out where North Carolina and Virginia meet?
Political Map
200
What kind of map would I use if I was packing clothes for an area I'd never been to before?
Climate Map
300
What is this called? 
A scale
300
map that shows weather, temperature and rainfall in an area.
climate map
300
What kind of map would I use if I wanted to find the closest rainforest?
A physical map
300
What Map shows absolute location?
Grid system
400
What does a scale measure on a map?
Distance
400
a map that shows routes between towns and cities
street map
400
imaginary line of longitude that divides the earth into eastern and western hemisphere
equator
400
imaginary line of latitude around the earth
prime meridian
500
How do you know what the map you are looking at represents?
The Title
500
a map that shows how many people live in a particular place
population map
500
a person who makes maps is called...
cartographer
500
North of my house or my grandma lives in front of Walmart, are examples of what type of location?
Relative location