Map Skills Vocabulary

The study of the earths surface and how people use it is...

• meteorology

• anthropology

• archeology

• geography

A map that shows a larger area than the main map.

• locator map

• thematic map

• topographical map

• Google maps

An imaginary line at zero degrees that runs from east to west.

• equator

• latitude

• longitude

• hemisphere

Another name for a map key.

• symbols

• compass rose

• equator

• legend

Lines on a map that run east to west.

• hemisphere

• latitude

• equator

• longitude

Half of the world

• latitude

• equator

• hemisphere

• longitude

An area that shares a common feature.

• legend

• region

• key

• locator map

You can show north, south, east and west on a map with a ____________ rose.

Shows how goods, people, or ideas move from place to place.

• shipping

• movement

• travel

• migration

An example of a same shape map that shows shape and direction, but distorts distance and size.

• Mercator projection

• Google maps

• Google earth

• locator map