How to Read a Map & The Beginnings of Human Society Review

_________________ is the written and other recorded events of people.

• Archaeologist

• History

• Scale Bar

• Compass Rose

All maps have a _____________. The __________________ tells you the subject of the map.

• Compass Rose

• Title

• Scale Bar

• Oral Traditions

Explains what the symbols on a map represent is a _____________________

• History

• Compass Rose

• Title

• Legend or Key

A _______________________ helps you find the actual distance between points shown on the map.

• Title

• Scale Bar

• Compass Rose

• Legend or Key

A ___________________ gives directions and find locations on a map

• Compass Rose

• Scale Bar

• TItle

• Legend or Key

_____________________ represents what a region looks like by showing its major physical features, such as hills, plains, elevation and relief.

• Political Map

• Thematic Map

• Physical Map

• Special Map

A _____________________ features a main idea or theme (such as weather, roads, population density, etc).

• Inset Map

• Political Map

• Physical Map

• Thematic Map

A _________________ shows political borders, such as continents, countries, and divisions within countries.

• Physical Map

• Political Map

• Inset Map

• Thematic Map

___________________ is the time before writing was invented

• History

• Prehistory

• Geography

• A.D.

A __________________ is a scientist who examines objects to learn about the human past

• Iceman

• Oral Traditions

• Geography

• Archaeologist