How Geographers View the World

Tells the purpose of and is usually at the top or the bottom of the map

• map key

• map legend

• map title

• inset map

explains the lines, symbols, and colors used on a map

• map title

• map key or legend

• inset map

• scale bar

a small map within a larger map; may show a detailed part at a larger scale or the existing map within a larger scale

• thematic map

• inset map

• political map

• physical map

a measuring line used to measure scale

• scale

• scale bar

• map key

• map legend

Distance on a map in relationship to distance on the Earth

• inset map

• scale bar

• compass rose

• scale

half sphere

• globe

• sphere

• map

• hemisphere

symbol that gives the cardinal (N, E, S, W) and intermediate (NE, SE, NW, SW) directions

• cardinal directions

• compass rose

• intermediate directions

• absolute location

North, East, South and West are known as the...

• intermediate directions

• compass rose

• cardinal directions

• scale

Northeast, Southeast, Northeast and Southwest are known as the...

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

• compass rose

• map key

height of an area above sea level

• physical map

• scale

• scale bar

• elevation