Chapter 1 Social Studies Vocabulary

Drawings that represent a portion of the Earth's surface on a flat piece of paper that can be folded and transported easily

• Map

• Cartographers

• Cardinal Directions

• Key

This section of a map contains what each symbol represents.

• Intermediate Directions

• key or legend

• Political Map

• Scale

This is used to show how much it has been reduced from the area it represents.

• Map

• Historical Map

• Scale

• Key or Legend

This shows where each of the cardinal directions are

• The Globe

• Population Density Maps

• Map

• Direction indicator or compass rose

North (N), South (S), East (E), and West (W)

• Cardinal Direction

• Intermediate Directions

• Direction Indicator

• Key

Northeast (NE), Northwest (NW), Southeast (SE), and Southwest (SW)

• Cartographers

• Intermediate Directions

• Cardinal Directions

• Compass Rose

A mapmaker is sometimes called this and use a variety of different types of maps.

• Globe

• Map

• Cartographer

• Scale

This type of map is concerned with government boundaries. They show the boundaries and locations of countries, states, and major cities.

• Product Map

• Climate Map

• Physical Map

• Political Map

This map will display the geographic features of an area. They usually show features such as oceans, seas, islands, mountains, lakes, rivers, deserts, and forests.

• Population Density Map

• Globe

• Physical Map

• Political Map

This type of map is a type of physical map. It not only do they show the landforms, but also often show elevations.

• Product Map

• Topographical Map

• Scale

• Climate Map