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The purpose of a map legend (or key) is:

• To explain the history of the map 
• To figure out the distance from one place to another
• To identify the meaning of symbols on the map
• To shampoo your hair, rinse, and repeat

Items such as small shapes or drawings on a map used to represent real objects are called ____________________.

• Latitude
• Symbols
• Parallels
• Emojis

Lines that run north and south and measure distances in degrees from the Prime Meridian are called lines of ________________.

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Meridian
• Scale

Lines that run west and east and measure distances in degrees from the Equator are called lines of ________________.

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Wrongitude
• Attitude

The center line of latitude, measured at 0 degrees is the ________________.

• Prime Meridian
• Legend
• Boiling Point
• Equator

The exact spot of a location on a map is called the ___________________________.

• Absolute Location
• Relative Location
• Exact Spot
• Right There

Physical Maps show:

• The features people have created, such as cities, states, provinces, territories, and countries. 
• Landforms and bodies of water found in particular areas
• Certain information (climate, population, languages, etc.) about a place or region 
• Directions to PE class

Political Maps show: 

• The features people have created, such as cities, states, provinces, territories, and countries. 
• Landforms and bodies of water found in particular areas
• Certain information (climate, population, languages, etc.) about a place or region 
• Directions to making sense of politics

It is steep on a topographic map where __________.

• lines are closest together
• a river flows into a lake
• contours bend
• contours are far apart

A map showing mountains, rivers, oceans, elevation is what type of map?

• Political
• Physical
• Thematic
• Nothing