Map Skills

Latitude lines run

• East to West
• North to South

What is this object known as?

• map symbol
• map key
• map scale
• compass rose

Which answer shows all of
the Intermediate Directions?

• South, North, East, West
• North, Northeast, Northwest
• Northeast, Southeast, Northwest,
  Southwest
• South, Southeast, Southwest

What is a map scale?

• a tool to measure distance
• a tool to tell direction
• a tool to start a fire
• a tool to build a house

Indicates the location of landforms like deserts, mountains, and plains

• Intermediate directions
• Prime Meridian
• Physical Map
• Map key/Legend

What kind of map is this?

• Continental
• Political
• Flat
• Globe

Explains what the symbols on a map represent

• Bar Scale
• Map Key/Legend
• Compass Rose
• Parallels

The 0 degree line of longitude that divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

• Prime Meridian
• meridian
• equator
• parallel

Tells the subject of the map

• map key
• map scale
• map title

The 0 degree latitude line that divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

• Prime Meridian
• time zone
• equator
• International Dateline