Parts of a Map
The navigational tool that indicates North, South, East, and West on a map.
What is a compass rose?
A map that uses shades of color to show population density is this type of map.
What is a thematic map?
This feature refers to an incline or steepness of the terrain.
What is a slope?
This pattern displays features that are evenly spaced.
What is a uniform pattern?
This is the grid system extending East and West but measures location North and South.
What is latitude?
This essential part of a map explains what all the various symbols and colors mean.
What is a legend?
What is a political map?
What is a peak?
What is a random pattern?
What occurs when a cartographer transfers the Earth's curved surface onto a flat map, causing a misrepresentation of area, shape, or distance?
What is distortion?
What is a small picture, graphic, line, or color that represents a real-world object?
What is a symbol?
If you were planning a hiking route and needed to know the steepness of the terrain, you'd consult this kind of map.
What is a topographic map?
This is the space between each contour line, that measures elevation change.
What is a contour interval?
This pattern is defined by an arrangement of features that fall in a straight line or curved line.
What is a linear pattern?
This is a grid system running North and South, but measures location East and West.
What is longitude?
If a map says 1 inch equals 1 mile, it is showing the relationship between map distance and real-world distance.
What is a scale?
Judy breaks down, and Hodges needs to find the nearest mechanic. What type of map should she use?
What is a thematic map?
This is a low area of land between hills or mountains, and usually has a river running through it. It is illustrated as a series of "U" or "V" shapes where the wide openings are at the lower elevation.
What is a valley?
This pattern is characterized by features group closely together in specific areas.
What is a clustered pattern?
This satellite network and its receiving devices use signal timing to calculate a location in latitude, longitude, and altitude, as well as a highly accurate time.
What is Global Positioning System (GPS)?
This alphabetical list of places, often found on the back of a large map or in an atlas, is paired with a grid location for easy finding.
What is an index?
Maps showing things like average rainfall or the distribution of natural resources fall into this category.
What is a thematic map?
On a map, this is illustrated as the lowest point between two high points on a ridge, and connects two peaks or hills; it forms an hourglass shape.
What is a saddle?
A map showing a contagious disease outbreak would likely exhibit this type of spatial pattern.
What is clustered?
This computer system is used for capturing, storing, analyzing, and displaying data related to a position on Earth's surface, helping reveal spatial patterns.
What is Geographic Information System (GIS)?