Map Skills Vocabulary

A map that shows the major physical features of an area such as mountains, rivers, and lakes.

• Political map

• Physical map

• Cultural map

• Population map

Tells what the colors, pictures, and lines on a map mean.

• Map scale

• Icons

• Legend

• A cultural map

A symbol that shows directions on a map. The cardinal directions are north, south, east, west. Intermediate directions are northwest, southeast, northwest, southwest.

• Compass rose

• Arrows

• Map scale

• Grid

A map that shows human made boundaries of countries, states, cities, and towns.

• Population map

• Physical map

• Cultural map

• Political map

A map that shows major cities, activities, and tourist attractions.

• Cultural map

• Population map

• Physical map

• Political map

Latitude lines are _______ lines that cross the globe from ____________ .

• Horizontal, east to west

• Vertical, east to west

• Vertical, north to south

• Horizontal, north to south

Longitude lines are ______ lines that cross the globe from _____________ .

• Vertical, north to south

• Vertical, east to west

• Horizontal, north to south

• Horizontal, east to west

Florida is a state located in the southeast U.S.A. It is bordered by the

• Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Georgia, and Mississippi

• Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, Alabama, and Georgia

• Atlantic Ocean, Lake Okeechobee, Alabama, and Georgia

• Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Georgia, and Alabama