Mapping Test

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

Title

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

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

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

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

Legend or Key

• 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.

International Dateline

• The meridian labeled 0 degrees from which all other degrees of longitude are measured. It passes through Greenwich, England.

• The line of latitude that circles Earth exactly midweay between the North and South poles.

• The Meridian of Longitude located at 180 degrees. By international agreement, the date is one day earlier to the east of this line.

• One half of a sphere. The Earth can be divided into eastern, western, southern, or northern sections.

Main directions (N,S,W,E)

• intermediate directions

• cardinal directions

• compass rose

• pacific directions

drawings that stand for real things on a map

• locator

• map scale

• political map

• map symbols

shows characteristics of the PHYSICAL environment such as landforms, rivers, deserts.

• road map

• physical map

• political map

• historical map

shows cities, states, countries

• road map

• physical map

• relief map

• political map

shows the relationship between distances on a map and real distances

• locator map

• map scale

• map symbols

• relief map

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.