Mapping Vocabulary Quiz

Relative Location

• Where a place is located in relation to another place.

• The precise point where a place is located on the earth.

• The southernmost line of latitude

• Imaginary lines around Earth that run parallel to the equator.

Absolute Location

• Where a place is located in relation to another place.

• The precise point where a place is located on earth.

• The northernmost line of latitude.

• The line of latitude that marks the boundary of the southern polar zone.

Compass Rose

• It usually describes the area shown on the map.

• A diagram on a map that shows directons such as north, south, east, and west.

• It lists each symbol and explains what is shown on the map.

• The study of features of earth's surface

Scale Bar

• It tells you how to read distance on a map

• A diagram on a map that shows directions such as north, south, east, and west.

• It usually describes the area shown on the map and identifies the map's main topic.

• To change in shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map.

Why is a key part of a map?

• It tells you how to read directions on a map.

• A diagram on a map that shows directions such as north, south, east, or west.

• It lists each symbol and explains what is shown on the map.

• It usually describes the area shown on the map and identifies the map's main topic.

The human and physical features of a location are included in which theme?

• location

• region

• place

• movement

Which geography theme helps us understand how people, goods, information, and ideas move from one place to another?

• human environment interaction

• regions

• movement

• location

The theme that helps us understand one area in terms of a unifying feature that it shares in common with another area is...

• place
• region
• location
• movement

This type of map shows parts of the world as they were in the past

• historical map
• political map
• physical map

Some maps include a ____________ to show the broader location of the area displayed on the main map.

• compass rose

• key

• locator map

• region