Unit 1 Vocabulary Practice

• the four main directions on a compass rose: north, south, east, and west

• Map Key

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Grid

 the precise point where a place is located on Earth

• Compass Rose

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

• Map Grid

 a system of imaginary lines that divides up the space on a map

• Map Grid

• Map Scale

• Map Legend

• Map System

a diagram on a map that shows directions such as north, south, east, and west

• Rose

• Map Scale

• Cardinal Direction

• Compass Rose

an imaginary line around Earth that runs parallel to the equator

• Parallels of Latitude

• Map Grid

• Meridians of longitude

• Map Scale

where a place is located in relation to another place

• Absolute Location

• Cardinal Directions

• Compass Rose

• Relative Location

 an imaginary line between the North and South poles that crosses the equator at right angles

• Meridians of Longitude

• Grid

• Lines

• Parallels of latitude

 a box or other display on a map that explains the meaning of the symbols used on the map

(map key)

• Map Scale

• Map Legend

• Compass Rose

• Grid

What are North, South, West and East?

• Map Scale

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Legend

an element of a map that shows how a unit of distance on the map (such as an inch) relates to actual distance on the surface of Earth

• Map Key

• Map

• Compass Rose

• Map Scale