Parts of a Map
Types of Maps
Parts of a Map II
Reading Maps
*WILD*
100
This tells you what the map is about.
What is a map title?
100
Maps that show cities, capitals, and boundaries.
What are political maps?
100
Use the map on pages R10 and R11 in your social studies book..... What does a star represent on this map?
What is a state capital?
100
Use the map on pages R17 in your social studies book... The western border of Arizona is made by this river.
What is the Colorado River?
100
Use the map on pages R10 and R11 in your social studies book.... To get from Arizona to Texas, I need to travel...
What is east?
200
Measures the distance between two places on a map.
What is the map scale?
200
Maps that show you landforms of the area they represent.
What are physical maps?
200
Use the map on pages R10 and R11 in your social studies book... What country borders the United States to the south?
What is Mexico?
200
Use the map on pages R17 in your social studies book.... The _________ Desert makes up the southwestern part of Arizona.
What is Sonoran?
200
Use the map on pages R16 in your social studies book... The Arizona city that is closest to Mexico and in Santa Cruz County is ______.
What is Nogales?
300
Tells you what symbols on a map represent.
What is a map key/legend?
300
Maps that show you natural or man-made resources found in a certain area.
What are product/economic resource maps?
300
Use the map on pages R10 and R11 in your social studies book.... Is the Pacific Ocean north, south, east, or west of Arizona?
What is west?
300
Use the map on pages R8 and R9 in your social studies book... If I want to travel from Arizona to Iowa, I should travel....
What is northeast?
300
Use the map on pages R16 in your social studies book.... Flagstaff is in the county of _________.
What is Coconino?
400
Tells you the cardinal directions on a map.
What is a compass rose?
400
Maps used to plan directions for driving or traveling.
What are street/road maps?
400
Use the map on pages R10 and R11 in your social studies book..... What large island is southeast of the United States?
What is Cuba?
400
Use the map on pages R8 and R9 in your social studies book... the states located on the intersection of 40N and 100W are ___________ and ___________.
What are Nebraska and Kansas?
400
Use the map on pages R16 in your social studies book..... 1 inch on this map equals about _____ miles.
What is 50 miles?
500
You can find your location using these; they form a grid pattern on a map.
What are lines of latitude and longitude?
500
Maps that show you the average weather patterns in a region.
What are climate maps?
500
Use the map on pages R10 and R11 in your social studies book..... Using the scale on your map, about how far is it from Phoenix to Las Vegas?
What is 250 miles?
500
Use the Arizona map from your Dailies book.... If I want to travel from Phoenix to Flagstaff... the highway I should drive on is the ____.
What is the 17?
500
Use the map on pages R2 and R3 in your social studies book.... The country found at 40N and 100E is _____.
What is China?