Map Skills

What's a map?

• a photograph that shows us any place from above.

• something that gives us directions to different places

If you wanted to know the symbol for mountains where would you look?

• The legend

• The borders

• The compass

• The scale

What kind of map would you use to see what people thought the world looked like 500 years ago?

• a military map

• a climate map

• a historical map

• a road map

If you wanted to find the average temperature in Pakistan where would you look?

• A physical map

• A climate map

• A political map

• A GPS

If you wanted to know which DIRECTION you would have to travel from Connecticut to Vermont where would you look?

• The compass rose

• The border

• The legend

• The map scale

If you wanted to know where the most wheat is grown in the United States what kind of map would you look at?

• A climate map

• A physical map

• A road map

• An agricultural map

From the plane I had a _______________ view of the Bridge Mountain Range in Montana.

• Bird's - eye view

• Legend

• Compass

• Scale

The space between two places or things

• Scale

• Distance

• Border

A __________ map shows us what the land is like. It shows features like hills, lakes, and mountains.

• Physical map

• Climate map

• Military map

• Road map

If my GPS broke or my phone died I would use this type of map to help me find my way home.

• Road map

• Climate map

• Physical map