Maps Vocabulary

Model of the earth.

• Globe

• Hemisphere

• Prime meridian

Half of the Earth.

• Globe

• Hemisphere

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

A symbol in the map the shows north, south, east, and west.

• Atlas

• map scale

• Compass rose

Directions such as northwest, that is between two cardinal directions.

• Prime meridian

• Compass rose

• Intermediate directions

A map legend; the boxed list showing what the symbol on a map represents.

• Compass rose

• Map Scale

• Map key

A picture in a map that stands for or represents something else.

• Symbol

• Map scale

• grid

The line drawn on a map that shows the distance.

• Map key

• Map scale

• Symbol

Starting point for measuring longitude. A line that divides the earth into the western and eastern hemisphere.

• Prime meridian

• Equator

• Hemisphere

A unit of measurement.

• Map

• Atlas

• Degree

Lines that measure the distances east and west on the prime meridian.

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Scale