Maps

What feature on a map shows direction?

• Title

• Map Scale

• Compass Rose

• Key

What is a map that shows physical features like rivers and mountains?

• religious map

• physical map

• Climate

• political map

What type of map shows boundaries of countries?

• Political

• Physical

• Thematic

• Nothing

This is a person who creates maps.

• geographer

• historian

• cartographer

What is a map scale?

• Represents the distance between two locations on the map. Ex: 1 inch on the map equals 1 mile on the ground.

• a tool to start a fire
• a tool to build a house
• a tool to build globes

Imaginary lines that run vertically (up and down) on a map are called __________.

• Latitude line

• Longitude line

• Atlas

• Grid

Imaginary lines that run horizontally (side to side) and measure distance from the equator are called __________.

• Latitude line

• Longitude line

• Atlas

• Grid

Tells what the map is about

• compass rose

• hemisphere

• title

A general description of where a place is located

• Location
• Absolute Location
• Relative Location

The exact location of a place on earth base upon a latitude and longitude

• pop spot
• city
• point of origin
• absolute location