Map Skills

North, South, East, & West are called

• Intermediate Directions

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Directions

This map shows states, cities, capitals, & countries

• physical

• special purpose

• climate

• political

This divides the Earth into the Northern & Southern Hemispheres

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• North America

Which is NOT a continent?

• Australia

• Asia

• Africa

• Greenland

Which type of map would show me the Atlas Mountains?

• physical

• political

• special purpose

• historical

Where would you look to know what the symbols and shadings mean?

• Title

• Key

• Land cover map

• Locator Map

If you wanted to know how far apart 2 places are on a political map, what should you use?

• key

• locator map

• scale bar

• legend

This tells you what the map is showing

• Key

• Title

• Compass rose

• Scale bar

Which type of map would show you the population density of Mexico?

• Political

• Physical

• Special Purpose

• Climate

If 1 inch equals 200 miles on a map, and two places are 3 inches apart. How far apart are they in real life?

• 3,000 miles

• 600 miles

• 60 miles

• 300 miles