Map Skills Practice Flashcard

Front

What type of map is this? Options: Political, Physical, Thematic

Back

Political

Front

What type of map is this? Options: Political, Physical, Thematic

Back

Physical

Front

What type of map is this? Options: Political, Physical, Thematic

Back

Thematic

Front

0 degrees latitude; an imaginary line that runs around the middle of Earth, like a belt, and divides the globe into the northern and the southern hemispheres.

Back

Equator

Front

0 degrees longitude; an imaginary line that runs north and south and divides the globe into the eastern and western hemispheres

Back

Prime Meridian

Front

Latitude and Longitude lines are measured in __________.

Back

degrees

Front

What tool would you use to measure the distance between two places on a map? Options: key, legend, scale, grid

Back

scale

Front

What is used to identify the direction of north, south, east, and west?

Back

Compass Rose

Front

What part of the map contains symbols?

Back

Key/Legend

Front

What do we call directions that come between the cardinal directions?

Back

Intermediate Directions