Map skills

What hemisphere do you live in?

• Canadian
• Northern
• Southern
• Mexican

What Continent do you live on?

• South America
• Europe
• North America
• Australia

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

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

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

• A Point
• Compass Rose
• Map Scale
• Direction

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

• Map Scale
• Hemisphere
• Compass Rose
• Continent

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

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

What element on the map shows directions?

• scale

• compass rose

• title

• country

What tool would you use to measure the distance between two places on a map?

• key

• legend

• scale

• grid

Tags

CCSS.7.G.A.1

The title of a map tells you...

• where you are

• how many people live there

• how many mountains

• what type of map is it

What tool would you use to find the exact location of a place?

• grid system

• scale

• title

• legend