Map Skills Assessment Vocab

Key (legend)

• North, South, East, West

• Part of a map that explains symbols and sharing on the map.

• The study of the Earth's surface.

• A Diagram of a compass showing directions.

Scale

• A Diagram of a compass showing directions.

• The distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees (meridians)

• The distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees (parallels)

• A ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map.

Longitude

• Part of the map that explains symbols and sharing on the map,

• The study of the Earth's surface.

• The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees (meridians)

• North, South, East, West

Geography

• The study of the Earth's surface

• North, South, East, West

• A Diagram of a compass showing directions.

• A ratio which compares a measurment on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map.

Compass Rose

• North, South, East, West

• The distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees (paraells).

• A diagram of a compass showing directions

• Part of a map that explains symbols and sharing the map

Latitude

• The distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees (parallels)

• Part of a map that explains symbols and sharing on the map

• The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian measured in degrees (meridians)

• A ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map.

Cardinal Directions

• The study of the Earth's suface.

• A ratio which compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on the map.

• North, South, East, West

• A diagram of a compass showing directions.