YC Understanding Maps (Ertle)

main directions (north, south, east, and west

• map key

• hemisphere

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

arrows that show directions on a map

• map scale

• hemisphere

• map key

• compass rose

 northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast

• intermediate directions

• map key

• symbol

• prime meridian

part of the map that explains the symbols

• map scale

• equator

• map key

• prime meridian

a scale on the map that helps you see the distance from one place to another

• map key

• map scale

• compass rose

• intermediate directions

imaginary line that that goes around the middle of the Earth

• prime meridian

• hemisphere

• compass rose

• equator

half of the Earth

• prime meridian

• equator

• hemisphere

• cardinal directions

an imaginary line that cuts the Earth into east and west hemispheres

• hemisphere

• equator

• map key

• prime meridian

 picture that stands for something else

• symbol

• compass rose

• map scale

• hemisphere