Geography Basics Vocab Part 2

___________ gives the clearly defined area of the map and is often just a line around the map

• Border

• Title

• Compass Rose

• Scale

___________ on a map represents the four cardinal directions and helps you know the orientation of the map

• Title

• Legend/Key

• Scale

• Compass Rose

North, South, East and West are example of what?

• Scale

• Cardinal Directions

• Ordinal Directions

• Compass Rose

The directions equally between each cardinal directions, such as Northwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Northeast are ___________

• Scale

• Cardinal Directions

• Ordinal Directions

• Compass Rose

__________ explains what the symbols and colors on the map or globe represent

• Scale

• Compass Rose

• Legend/Key

• Title

__________ tells us what the map shows

• Scale

• Compass Rose

• Legend/Key

• Title

__________ is the relationship between a distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the earth

• Scale

• Compass Rose

• Legend/Key

• Title

___________ create different types of maps for each situation

• Geographer

• Cartographer

• Geologist

• Scientist

A ___________ shows features that humans have created, such as countries, cities or states

• Map Projection

• Thematic Map

• Physical Map

• Political Map

___________ is a map made about a specific topic

• Map Projection

• Thematic Map

• Physical Map

• Political Map