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Map Components
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Location, Location, Location
100
A symbol on a map that shows direction.
What is a compass rose
100
a representation of a country's territories, boundaries, and capital(s) on paper or other material
What is a Political Map
100
When attempting to read a map this is the first question a person needs to ask themselves in order to get information
What is "WHAT information do I need"
100
The latitude line that crosses the globe a 0 degrees
What is Equator
100
The hemisphere in which the United States is located
What is Northern
200
describes what is displayed on the map using symbols
What is a legend or key
200
One of the two factors that determine borders and boundaries
What is Political Legislation and/or Physical Landforms
200
The second question a person needs to ask themselves when reading a map
What is "WHERE do I find the info on the map"
200
The probable map that someone would use to find distance and route between two cities.
What is a Road Map
200
The continent that Mexico is a part of
What is North America
300
Usually the name of the country, state, or territory that you are viewing.
What is the Map Title
300
people informed of boundaries and borders using one of these.
What is a Political Map
300
The information that the map maker lists as the most important information on a map.
What is Primary information.
300
The longitude line that runs through Greenwich, England
What is the Prime Meridian
300
The state that is on the Oregon border to the east
What is Idaho
400
a ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map
What is scale
400
Political maps often contain bright differentiating colors so that the reader can see a clear difference between what.
What is Political Boundaries
400
Any information on a map that is not hi-lighted in the key or title.
What is secondary information
400
Can also be determined by latitude and longitude lines if a one of the five map components is not represented on the map.
What is direction
400
The capital of Washington
What is Olympia
500
Is important to all maps due to the fact that the content represented in maps is often changing
What is Map Date
500
A political map makes a deliberate about which areas of the earth belong to and are influenced by a country or state
What is a political statement
500
A pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines forming squares on a map that is used to give or display exact coordinates
What is a grid
500
In the early days of travel most maps were oriented to which direction
What is East
500
The tallest mountain in Oregon
What is Mt. Hood