Vocabulary Map Skills-7th Social Studies

Directional marker that shows north, south, east & west

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Key

The imaginary line that divides the world between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• Hemisphere

Explanation of the symbols on a map

• Map Symbols

• Webs

• Map Key

• Map Scale

One who studies the Earth’s natural environment and human interactions

• Diagrams

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Geographer

Imaginary lines running east and west around the globe, used to measure the distance north and south of the equator in degrees, also called parallels

• International Date Line

• Longititude

• Timelines

• Latitude

Imaginary line of latitude located at 23 ½ degrees north

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

Zero degrees longitude. An imaginary line that passes through Greenwich, England. All lines of longitude are measured from this line

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

A map showing the state of the weather over a large area

• Road Map

• Weather Map

• Special Purpose Map

• Physical Map

Locations of landforms in a place such as mountains, hills, plateaus, plains, and bodies of water

• Historical Map

• Climate Zone Map

• Landforms Map

• Political Map

Southernmost point on the earth. 90 degrees south

• North Pole

• South Pole

• Hemisphere

• Compass Rose