Map Skills Review/Study Guide

Front

What can be found on most maps

begins with S—

Back

Scale

Front

What can be found on most maps that

begins with C - R?

Back

Compass Rose

Front

What can be found on most maps:

that begins with T—

Back

Title

Front

What can be found on most maps:

that begins with K ?

Back

Key (or Map Key)

Front

What can be found on most maps that

begin with S ?

Back

Symbols

Front

This type of map shows governmental boundaries of countries, states, and/or counties. It sometimes includes cities, roads, and significant bodies of water.

Back

political map

Front

A M____ K___

is used to identify what the symbols on the map stand for.

Back

map key

Front

This type of map shows physical features of the land, including valleys, canyons, plains, and mountains.

Back

physical map

Front

What identifies distances on the map and refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground?

Back

map scale

Front

The _______ directions are north, east, south, and west.

Back

cardinal