Reading a Map

What is north of the picnic area?

• woods
• soccer field
• swimming pool
• playground

What is south of the woods?

• soccer field
• playground
• swimming pool 
• picnic area

What is west of the ice cream stand?

• playground
• swimming pool
• picnic area
• woods

What is east of the jogging path?

• woods
• swimming pool
• playground
• ice cream stand

What are the lines on a map called that run parallel to the equator

• long line

• latitude

• longitude

• Capricorn

What are the lines on the map called that run vertically and meet at the north and south pole?

• longitude

• latitude

• meridian

• equator

What is the name of the line that runs horizontally around the middle of a map of the earth?

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

• Arctic circle

What special features do most maps show?

• mountains, rivers, and forests

• big and small

• in a helicopter looking down

• two lines that look like a plus sign

Each letter on the compass shows a direction. The letters N, S, E, W are on the compass. What do those letters stand for?

• Never eat soggy waffles

• North, South, East, West

• Never eat sour worms

• NEWS

What are the intermediate directions?

• north, south, east and west

• northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest

• up, down, left, and right