Map Skills - Review Game

What is a map?

• A paper that you follow for directions.

• A picture of all or part of earth's surface.

• The GPS feature on a cell phone.

• A character from Dora that send you on adventures.

True or False: Maps ONLY represent large areas like continents

• True

• False

Why are maps useful?

A map that is displayed on a round surface is called a _______.

What do map scales show you?

• What items on the map represent

• How heavy a place is

• How to clean a fish

• How distances on a map are related to the distances in real life

Use the piece of paper provided by Mrs. Hueneke (or draw a picture below) to label the cardinal and intermediate directions on the compass rose.

What is a map key also known as?

What does a map key tell you?

• How to unlock the directions

• What the different symbols on the map represents

• The distance between places on the map

What are symbols?

• A musical instrument you play in the percussion section of a band

• The way you find directions to a place

• Pictures or icons that represent different features on a map

Name the 5 types of maps