Map SKills

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

The title of a map tells you...

• where you are

• how many people live there

• how many mountains

• what type of map is it

Which part of a map shows you symbols and their meanings?

• mountains

• key or legend

• grid map

• island

N, E, S, W are called...

• blue directions

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

• straight and forward

The intermediate directions are...

• NE, SE, NN, SS

• NE, SW, NW, NS

• NE, SE, SW, SE

• NW, SS, SN, EE

The Rocky Mountains are what direction from the Great Plains?

• North

• South

• East

• West

Measures distance from the equator. These lines run east and west and measure north and south.

• Cardinal Directions
• Latitude Lines
• Longitude Lines
• Intermediate Directions

__________ identifies distances on a map.  It refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the matching distance on the earth.

• Map Scale
• Cardinal Directions
• Intermediate Directions
• Symbols

__________ measures distance from the Prime Meridian.  These imaginary lines run from the north pole to the south pole.  These lines run north and south and measure east or wes

• Latitude 
• Longitude
• Lines
• Equator