Types of Maps and Map Elements

What shows what a map is all about?

• Map title

• Map scale

• Legend or key

• Compass rose

What tells us which direction to go?

• Map key

• Map Title

• Compass rose

• Scale

What is the name of the imaginary lines that run from east to west on the map of the world?

• Long lines

• Flat lines

• Latitude lines

• Longitude lines

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

You can use a scale on a map to:

• Find out how much the map weighs
• Determine the distance from one point to another
• Understand the meaning of the map's symbols
• Dance the night away

Lines that run north and south and measure distances in degrees from the Prime Meridian are called lines of ________________.

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Meridian
• Scale

Lines that run west and east and measure distances in degrees from the Equator are called lines of ________________.

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Wrongitude
• Attitude

Directions can be shown using a symbol with arrows pointing in all four cardinal directions. What is this symbol called?

• Compass rose
• Compass
• Astrolabe
• North arrow

An explorer is mapping a new area with forests, hills, and streams? What type of map is she most likely to make?

• Thematic

• Political

• Physical

• Treasure

The title of a map tells us:

• What the map is about (the topic of the map)
• The distance the map covers
• The name of the cartogtrpaher
• That Mr. Scully is the bomb-diggity

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