Social Studies Weekly 5th Grade Map Skills

__________ are useful when you need to see the Earth in a more accurate, spherical shape.

• Cartographers

• Legends

• Globes

• Maps

__________ are drawings of places around the world.

• Cartographers

• Legends

• Globes

• Maps

You can tell the distance on a map by looking at the __________.

• scale

• compass rose

• legend

• globe

A __________ map shows the borders of regions, countries, states, and cities.

• physical

• climate

• political

• population

A __________ map shows the natural features of an area, including landforms, mountains, valleys, lakes, and streams.

• physical

• climate

• political

• population

A __________ map is used to show the overall distribution of the population within a particular area or region.

• physical

• political

• climate

• population

A __________ map shows the weather patterns, precipitation, and temperature of an area.

• physical

• political

• climate

• population

The ________________ of a place tells us where a place is relative to, or compared to, something else.

• relative location

• similar location

• absolute location

• approximate location

Another name for a place's exact location is?

• relative location

• absolute location

• approximate location

• similar location

The __________ divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• hemisphere

• Date line