Geography Maps Review

What is a map ?

• A map is a flat representation of the Earth.

• A map is just a drawing. 

• Both A and B

North on the compass rose is a/an

• Intermediate Direction

• Political Map

• Cardinal Direction

• Physical Map

The purpose of a map legend (or key) is:

• To explain the history of the map 
• To figure out the distance from one place to another
• To identify the meaning of symbols on the map
• To shampoo your hair, rinse, and repeat

You can use a scale on a map to:

• Find out how much the map weighs
• Determine the distance from one point to another
• Understand the meaning of the map's symbols
• Dance the night away

Which map element tells us the cardinal and intermediate directions?

• Scale
• Title
• Compass Rose
• Legend

The title of a map tells us:

• What the map is about (the topic of the map)
• The distance the map covers
• The name of the cartogtrpaher
• That Mr. Scully is the bomb-diggity

Items such as small shapes or drawings on a map used to represent real objects are called ____________________.

• Latitude
• Symbols
• Parallels
• Emojis

Our Earth can be divided in half, either north and south or west and east. These halves are called ______________________.

• Pie
• Chunks
• Hempispheres
• Grids

What type of map is it?

• Physical Maps

• Political Maps

• Thematic Maps

• Road Maps

What do physical maps show?

• The features people have created, such as cities, states, provinces, territories, and countries.

• Landforms and bodies of water found in particular areas

• Certain information (climate, population, languages, etc.) about a place or region

• Directions to PE class