Map Skills Review

Map keys show symbols, colors, pictures and lines.

• True

• False

This tool, located on a map, shows directions.

• Coordinates

• Compass Rose

• Absolute Location

• Atlas

This map feature is used to measure distances between places on a map.

• Map Key

• Map Scale

• Map Title

• Map Color

What is the map element that tells what symbols on the map mean?

• Key/Compass
• Key/Legend
• Legend/Scale
• Inset/Scale

This map element tells the purpose of the map

• Title
• Scale
• Legend
• Key

This element gives measurements  and shows distance between objects on the map

• Legend
• Key
• Title
• Scale

Which map element is a smaller map that shows a "larger" area of land around the map.

• Title / Scale
• Key / Legend
• Inset Map
• Compass Rose

What map element has a directional arrow that shows cardinal and sometimes intermediate directions on a map?

• Compass Rose
• Inset Map
• Key Legend
• Title Scale

What direction is indicated by the number 5?

• northeast
• northwest
• southeast
• southwest

What is a map scale?

• a tool to measure distance
• a tool to tell direction
• a tool to start a fire
• a tool to build a house