Parts of a Map

If you wanted to find out what a symbol on a map meant, you would look at the ___?

• cardinal directions
• compass rose
• map legend/key
• map scale

What map part shows the cardinal & or intermediate directions on a map?

• equator
• map scale
• map legend/key
• compass rose

What map part helps you to calculate the distance from 1 city to another city on a map?

• map legend/key
• cardinal directions
• compass rose
• map scale

a small map within a large map

• map scale
• inset map
• compass rose
• latitude

tells the subject or topic of a map, what the map is about

• map title 
• map key/legend 
• map grid
• compass rose 

Directions of north, south, east, and west.

• cardinal directions
• compass directions
• driving directions
• map directions

Directions of northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.

• cardinal directions
• intermediate directions
• driving directions
• GPS directions

Name the part of the map labeled with a "C."

• Key
• Title
• Compass Rose
• locator

The fire dept. is ______ of the school.

• South
• East
• North
• West

Catherine's house is in the __ corner of the map.

• northern
• southern
• northwestern
• northeastern