Map Skills

the measurement of how much above or below sea level a place is

• Elevation

• Equator

• Compass Rose

• Scale

type of map used to find out which continent is most densely populated

• Physical Map

• Climate

• Population Density

• Industrial

To understand what the map is showing, you should look at the _____

• Scale

• Title

• Map Key

• Legend

0 degrees longitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

It divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

use to determine how many miles in the real world each inch on the map represents

• Compass Rose

• Title

• Map scale bar

• Legend

shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately

• Maps

• Globes

• Legend

• Compass Rose

divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

One important element of the global positioning system (GPS)

• Cardinal Directions

• Satellites

• Intermediate Directions

• Title

explains the lines, symbols, and colors used on a map

• Map Key

• Title

• Compass Rose

• Scale