Social Studies Week 7

Maps are models of places around the world.

• True

• False

A person who creates maps is called a

• historian

• cartographer

• social scientist

• economist

A compass rose is a symbol found on a map that shows

• the scale

• the cardinal directions

• ocean

• flowers

Match the following

• shows the weather of a place

• political map

• shows where people live

• population map

• shows borders governments make

• climate map

• shows the natural features of a place

• physical map

A scale

• shows distance on a map

• shows where a city is

• shows how many people live in a place

• shows the state capital

The legend on a map

• explains what the symbols and colors on a map represent

• tells about famous people

• shows distance

• shows cardinal direction

Place the Cardinal Directions on the Compass Rose.

e

g

f

h

a

b

c

d

South

North

NW

NE

SE

SW

West

East

A globe is a model of the Earth.

• True

• False

A cartographer decides what (a)  

• to include on a map.
• what to have for dinner
• what will happen next

There are many different types of maps.

• True

• False