Map Skills

The space on a map that shows what each symbol means.

• Map Key

• Globe

• Grid

North, South, East and West

• Equator

• Cardinal Directions

• Globe

Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest

• Atlas

• Hemisphere

• Intermediate Directions

Half of the earth

• Prime Meridian

• Symbol

• Hemisphere

A book full of maps

• Atlas

• Globe

• Symbol

One of seven large land masses on the earth

• Map Scale

• Continent

• Cartographer

The imaginary line separating the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere

• Grid

• Distance

• Prime Meridian

The horizontal imaginary line running through the middle of the earth

• Equator

• Grid

• Hemisphere

A sphere that has a map of the earth on it

• Grid

• Globe

• Map Key

A set of horizontal and vertical lines on a map that helps a reader find places on the map

• Grid

• Map Scale

• Compass Rose