Map Skills vocabulary

A scaled down picture of an area is called a

• map
• pole
• axis

A symbol on a map that shows direction north, south, east, and west.

• symbol
• compass rose
• flower

The directions north, south, east, and west are known as

• cardinal directions
• NSEW
• a map

The directions of northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest are known as

• NE, NW, SE, SW
• map
• intermediate directions

A ruler that shows distance on a map compared with actual distance on the ground is called a

• yard stick
• ruler
• map scale

A table or chart that helps you make sense of a map is a

• legend or key
• graph
• axis

What is half the globe?

• hemisphere
• 1/2 
• legend

Imaginary line that separates the western and eastern hemisphere is the

• north pole
• prime meridian
• equator

Where a longitude and latitude line intersects or cross is called a

• coordinates
• intersection
• latitude

Imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemisphere is the

• equator
• Prime merdian
• north pole