Map Skills

The relative location of a place relative to other places (eg., northwest or downstream)

• Relative Location
• Compass Rose
• Cardinal Directions
• Intermediate Directions

Shows the relationship between a unit of length on a map and the corresponding length

• Map Scale
• Hemisphere
• Compass Rose
• Continent

A circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart.

• A Point
• Compass Rose
• Map Scale
• Direction

The four main points of the compass North, South, East, and West.

• Compass Rose
• Cardinal Directions
• Intermediate Directions
• Map Scale

Measures distance from the equator. These lines run east and west and measure north and south.

• Cardinal Directions
• Latitude Lines
• Longitude Lines
• Intermediate Directions

This type of map shows physical features of the land, including valleys, canyons, plains, and mountains.

• Political
• Physical
• Time Zones
• Map Key

__________ measures distance from the Prime Meridian.  These imaginary lines run from the north pole to the south pole.  These lines run north and south and measure east or wes

• Latitude 
• Longitude
• Lines
• Equator

 This type of map shows governmental boundaries of countries, states, and/or counties.  It sometimes includes cities, roads, and significant bodies of water.

• Physical
• Political
• Product
• Map

 A __________ is used to identify what the symbols on the map stand for.  The meaning of the symbol may be explained using this.

• Physical Map
• Map Key
• Compass Rose
• Map

The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.

• North 
• South
• East
• West

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