Map Skills Vocabulary

1. a figure found somewhere on the edge of a map showing the four cardinal directions and the intermediate directions.

• prime meridian

• symbols

• compass rose

• scale

1. The four main directions of a compass: north, south, east, and west.

• symbols

• intermediate directions

• cardinal directions

• legend

3. The direction in between the cardinal directions: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.

• intermediate directsions

• cardinal directions

• longitude

• equator

4. A guide that shows the relationship between distance on the map and distance in real life.

• coordinate grid

• simbols

• legend

• scale

5. tells you what each symbol on the map represents/ also known as a map key

• symbols

• compass rose

• legend

• prime meridian

6. pictures or icons that represent different features on a map

• symbols

• legend

• latitude

• scale

7. divides the map using latitude and longitude lines that is used to help you locate places easily

• symbols

• legend

• coordinate grid

• prime meridian

8. imaginary lines running in an east-west direction across earth, measuring how many degrees north or south of the equator a place is located

• longitude

• latitude

• intermediate directions

• coordinate grid

9. imaginary lines running in an north-south direction across earth measuring how many degrees east or west a location is

• latitude

• longitude

• scale

• compass rose

10. an imaginary line of latitude dividing the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere.

• equator

• prime meridian

• legend

• cardinal directions