Map Skills Vocabulary

finding the exact or the relative location of a place

• location

• equator

• human environment interaction

• continent

The line of longitude that is marked 0 degrees on a map of the world

• movement

• equator

• prime meridian

• hemisphere

half of the earth, usually as divided at the equator or at the prime meridian

• prime meridian

• equator

• symbol

• hemisphere

one of the seven large bodies of land on the earth, They are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica

• continent

• hemisphere

• scale

• political map

the part of the map that tells what the symbols stand for

• scale

• map key

• cardinal directions

• map

the relative size of an object, such as a map, compared to the thing it represents

• scale

• map key

• legend

• political map

the four directions between the cardinal directions. They are northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest.

• compass rose

• cardinal direction

• intermediate directions

• map

a map that shows countries, capitals, and political boundaries

• political map

• elevation map

• distribution map

• population map

the four main directions: north, south, east, west

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

• map

• compass map

anything that stands for or represents something else

• scale

• map key

• symbol

• cardinal directions