Lesson 2: How to use maps?

What is this picture showing us?

• cardinal directions

• a compass

• where home is

• a direction star

Which direction is a compass pointing to always?

• north

• south

• east

• west

If you were facing north and then turned right 90 degrees, which direction would you be facing?

• north

• south 

• east

• west

Map ____________ is very important when reading a map. A map ____________tells us how big something is in real life.

• key

• contour lines

• scale

• bar

_____________are pictures that represent something on a map.

• Map keys

• Scales

• Symbols

• Contour intervals

Symbols are labeled and located on a map ____________.

• key

• box

• scale

• contour lines

Height can be represented on a map with _____________.

• contour interval

• contour lines

• relief

• scale

The height difference on maps is called ____________.

• relief

• scale

• map key

• map height

Maps that use contour lines always have the same relief between lines. This is called _________________.

• contour lines

• contour interval

• map scale

• lines of relief

Our ______________ and ______________ influence our understanding of our place within time and space.

• perspectives, identity

• views, opinions

• ideas, food

• books, cars