Map Skills Vocab Quiz

A picture that is used to represent an object on a map.

• Equator

• Symbol

• Compass Rose

• Key/Legend

Represents the distance between two locations on a map.

• Key/Legend

• Prime Meridian

• Scale

• Equator

An imaginary line that runs horizontally through the center of the earth, dividing it into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

• Intermediate Directions

• Compass Rose

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

A design on a map that shows directions.

• Map Key

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Prime Meridian

The Prime Meridian is an imaginary line that runs _______ through the center of the earth, dividing the earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres.

• vertically
• horizontally

A physical map has texture and shows different landforms of an area.

• True

• False

The four major compass points: North, South, East, West

• Compass Rose

• Prime Meridian

• Intermediate Directions

• Cardinal Directions

A small chart included on a map that tells what the symbols mean.

• Key/Legend

• Picture

• Scale

• Symbol

The in-between compass points: northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Scale

This type of map shows the boundaries of countries, states, and major cities.

• Political Map

• Thematic Map

• Physical Map

• Road Map