Map Vocabulary #2

the pictures that are used to stand for something that is real on the Earth

• map symbols

• map title

• latitude

• longitude

the four main directions: north, south, east, and west

• map title

• compass rose

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

the part of the map that explains what the symbols on the map stand for

• legend

• map symbols

• map title

• compass rose

The cardinal directions are north, south, east, and

the direction marker on a map

• latitude

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

• compass rose

imaginary lines that run across the Earth horizontally

• cardinal directions

• latitude

• longitude

• intermediate directions

A legend (or map key) tells what the colors, symbols, and lines on a map means

• True

• False

half of a solid, round object

• latitude

• longitude

• hemisphere

• continent

the words that tell you the subject of the map

• intermediate directions

• cardinal directions

• map title

• map symbols

Check two: In what hemispheres are the United States?

• Northern

• Southern

• Western

• Eastern