Parts of a Map
Map Skills
Latitude and Longitude
Five Themes
Five Themes Examples
100
The title of a map shows
What the map is about.
100
What is a political map?
A map that shows borders, countries, cities, and roads.
100
Prime Meridian
What is the vertical longitude line that runs north to south on a map. Splits the world into eastern and western hemispheres
100
Location
What is the spot where a site can be found on earth.
100
Location
What is absolute or relative - coordinates or using the terms close too or nearby
200
Map Key or Legend
Tells the reader what the symbols on the map mean.
200
What is a physical map?
Landforms and landscapes of an area.
200
Equator
The horizontal line of latitude that splits the world into the northern and southern hemispheres.
200
Region
What is an area that shares common characteristics with other areas.
200
Place
Any unique place in the world that you come up with.
300
Compass Rose
The directions on a map.
300
Political or Physical map?
Political
300
What are these called on a map?
40N, 30E
Coordinates
300
Place
What are the characteristics and features of a site that make it unique.
300
Movement
Come up with an example of movement.
400
Scale
Shows the ratio of distance on earth to the distance on the map.
400
Political or physical map?
Physical.
400
If I am standing at 0 degrees latitude, what line am I on?
The Equator
400
Human-Environment Interaction
What is the relationship between humans and nature in an area.
400
Human-Environment Interaction
Example
500
How many continents are there?
7
500
Based on the symbols of the map, what do you think the capital of Turkey is?
Ankara
500
If I am standing at 0 degrees longitude, what line am I on?
Prime Meridian
500
Movement
What is the travel of people, plants, objects, and ideas between different locations, places, and regions.
500
Region
Example.