Map Skills

Front

What feature on a map shows direction?

Back

Compass Rose

Front

What is a map that shows physical features like rivers and mountains?

Back

physical map

Front

What type of map shows boundaries of countries?

Back

Political

Front

What is the study of the world's physical geographic features; landforms, water, soil, plants?

Back

physical geography

Front

This is a person who creates maps.

Back

cartographer

Front

Map scale

Back

Represents the distance between two locations on the map. Ex: 1 inch on the map equals 1 mile on the ground.

Front

Imaginary lines that run vertically (up and down) on a map are called __________.

Back

Longitude line

Front

Imaginary lines that run horizontally (side to side) and measure distance from the equator are called __________.

Back

Latitude line

Front

What tells what the map is about?

Back

title

Front

A general description of where a place is located

Back

Relative Location