Geography Skills Handbook

Front

What is a title on a map?

Back

Tells you what the map shows

Front

What word means: Explains the meaning of the symbols on the map?

Back

Map Legend/Map Key

Front

What word means: A marking or color that stands for something else?

Back

Symbol

Front

What word means: Shows distance and helps you see how far apart locations are?

Back

Scale

Front

What word means: Shows you the cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west?

Back

Compass Rose

Front

What does a political map show?

Back

shows state or national borders and names of cities, states, and countries

Front

What is a globe?

Back

model of Earth

Front

What is the equator?

Back

is an imaginary line that extends around the center of Earth

Front

What are lines of latitude?

Back

measures distances north and south of the equator

Front

What are lines of longitude?

Back

set of lines that from from the North Pole to the South Pole