Map Vocabulary

A symbol that shows the four directions on a map

• Map Key

• Map Title

• Up and down

• Compass Rose

North, South, East, West

• Intermediate Directions

• Left and Right

• Cardinal Directions

• Compass Rose

the line of 0  latitude, the imaginary line that divides Earth into two equal parts: the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere

• Latitude

• Equator

• Longitude

• Prime Meridian

the line of 0  longitude, the imaginary line that divides Earth into two equal parts: the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere

• Latitude

• Equator

• Longitude

• Prime Meridian

Lines that cross the globe from north to south

• Latitude

• Up and Down

• Left to Right

• Longitude

Lines that cross the globe from east to west

• Latitude

• Up and Down

• Left to Right

• Longitude

Explains symbols used on the map

• map key
• map scale
• symbol
• latitude

Tells the subject of the map

• map key
• map scale
• map title

Compares a distance on the map to a distance in the real world

• map key
• symbol
• compass rose
• map scale

What is this object known as?

• map symbol
• map key
• map scale
• compass rose