Map Vocabulary Quiz

A drawing or picture on a flat piece of paper of a specific place or area of Earth’s surface that shows different features is called a ___________.

• picture

• globe

• map

• drawing

What is it?

• sphere

• ball

• globe

• map

What is it?

• map

• drawing

• chart

• globe

A table or chart that tells you what the parts of a map mean is a ___________.

• map scale

• map key

• symbol

• drawing

A measuring tool on a map that shows how distances on the map relate to actual distances on the ground is a ____________.

• map scale

• map key

• compass rose

• map title

A symbol on a map that shows the directions for north, south, east, and west is a ____________________.

• map scale

• map key

• symbols

• compass rose

What is it?

• disk

• compass rose

• direction ring

• medal

What is it?

• map key

• symbols

• map scale

• compass rose

What is it?

• map scale

• map key

• map title

• map symbols

How far it is from one point to another is called __________.

• direction

• distance

• interstate highway

• map