Map Skills Review

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

• Figure out which direction to move

You can use a scale on a map to:

• Find out how much the map weighs

• Determine the distance from one point to another

• Understand the meaning of the map's symbols

• Determine which direction to move

Which map element tells us the cardinal and intermediate directions?

• Scale
• Title
• Compass Rose
• Legend

The title of a map tells us:

• What the map is about (the topic of the map)
• The distance the map covers
• The name of the cartogtrpaher
• That Mr. Scully is the bomb-diggity

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

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

• Latitude
• Symbols
• Parallels
• Emojis

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

Earth is divided into seven landmasses known as ______________________.

• Hemispheres
• Countries
• Continents
• Sandboxes

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

What is the legend on a map?

• It is the same as a map key, explains the symbols and colors on a map.

• It is in a box and has only pictures.

• It is the title, telling what the map is about.

• It does not have a scale or compass rose.

Physical Map

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