Mapping Skills

0 degrees latitude; an imaginary line that runs around the middle of Earth, like a belt

• Tropic of Cancer
• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• Tropic of Capricorn

a map feature that shows the directions on a map (north, south, east, and west)

• Compass Rose
• Direction Device
• Cardinal Directions

a map feature that compares distance on a map to the real distance 

• Scale
• Odemeter
• Latitude
• Longitude

imaginary lines on a map that run east and west (horizontal)

• Latitude
• Longitude

imaginary lines on a map that run up and down (vertical)

• Latitude
• Longitude

What are the four cardinal direction?

• North, South, Windy, Sunny
• Never Eat Slimy Worms
• North, South, East, West
• South Never Eat West

What type of map is this?

• Physical

• Political

• Thematic (Special Purpose)

• Government

What type of map is this?

• Political

• Physical

• Thematic (Special Purpose)

• Specific

The part of the map that tells us what the symbols mean is called...

• Compass

• Legend/Key

• Scale

• Jabberwocky

The __________________ directions are northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.