Map Skills

Scale

• Shows the distance between two locations on a map

• Shows directions on a map

• Represents an object on a map

Map Key

• Shows directions of North, South, East, and West

• Tells us what the symbols on the map are and what they mean

• Horizontal Lines on a map

Symbol

• Vertical Lines on a map

• Shows the directions on a map

• Represents objects on a map

Compass Rose

• A compass that shows directions on a map

• A compass that shows the distance between two locations

• An object that has symbols

Cardinal Directions

• East, West, Southeast, Northwest

• North, South, East, West

• Northwest, East, West

Intermediate Directions

• Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest

• Eastnorth, Westnorth, Eastsouth, Westsouth

• Northsouth, Eastwest

Title

• The name of the map key

• The name of the map

• The scale that lists the distance between two places

Coordinate Grid

• A grid to add and subtract numbers

• A grid on a map with horizontal lines and vertical lines used to find the absolute location

• A grid that lists the meaning of the symbols on the map

Latitude

• The horizontal lines on a map

• The vertical lines on a map

• The diagonal lines on a map

Longitude

• The horizontal lines on a map

• The vertical lines on a map

• The diagonal lines on a map