Map Skills

Front

What is the map element that tells what symbols on the map mean?

Back

Key/Legend

Front

This map element tells what the map is showing.

Back

Title

Front

What is this symbol?

Back

compass rose

Front

What is a map scale?

Back

a tool to measure distance

Front

What direction is missing? Options: north, south, west

Back

east

Front

What is the name of the imaginary line that runs from east to west, and separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

Back

Equator

Front

What is the name of the imaginary line on the globe that runs north to south, and separates the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

Back

Prime Meridian

Front

What are the lines that go from north to south called?

Back

Longitude Lines

Front

What are the lines that run from east to west called?

Back

Latitude Lines

Front

What does the scale on a map show?

Back

How far apart things are in real life.