map skills vocabulary

A symbol on a map that shows principal directions, both cardinal and intermediate

• Compass Rose

• Map legend

• Map Title

• Map scale

A map that shows information such as different countries of the world, borders, and important cities

• Projection map

• Topographic map

• Physical map

• Political map

A ruler that shows distances on a map and tells the distance in real life is a

• Symbol

• Compass rose

• Scale

• Region

Imaginary latitude and longitude lines that form on a map is a

• Scale

• Grid

• Symbol

• Great Circle

Maps use these to indicate where things are located on a map

• Scale

• Map Title

• Map Legend

• Symbol

A map that shows geographic features of a place, such as mountains, valleys and bodies of water

• Physical map

• Topographic map

• Political map

• Projection map

An imaginary line that runs through the center of the earth dividing the earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres and is 0 degrees latitude is

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

An imaginary line that runs through the center of the earth vertically and divides the earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres and is at 0 degrees longitude is the

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• Arctic Circle

Used to explain symbols and colors on a map

• Map Title

• Map Scale

• Map Legend

• Compass Rose

What is another name for a line of longitude?

• latitude

• meridian

• parallel

• Scale