Map Skills 2

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

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

What is the map element that tells what symbols on the map mean?

• Key/Compass
• Key/Legend
• Legend/Scale
• Inset/Scale

This map element tells the purpose of the map

• Title
• Scale
• Legend
• Key

What map element has a directional arrow that shows cardinal and sometimes intermediate directions on a map?

• Compass Rose
• Inset Map
• Key Legend
• Title Scale

__________ directions are northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.

• Latitude
• Cardinal
• Intermediate
• Longitudinal

mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps or charts.

• photography
• biography
• cartography
• seismograph

The purpose of a map legend (or key) is:

• To explain the history of the map 
• To figure out the distance from one place to another
• To identify the meaning of symbols on the map
• To shampoo your hair, rinse, and repeat

The center line of latitude, measured at 0 degrees is the ________________.

• Prime Meridian
• Legend
• Boiling Point
• Equator

Our Earth can be divided in half, either north and south or west and east. These halves are called ______________________.

• Pie
• Chunks
• Hempispheres
• Grids

The exact spot of a location on a map is called the ___________________________.

• Absolute Location
• Relative Location
• Exact Spot
• Right There