Map & Map Tools Vocabulary

What details could you find on a physical map?

• boundaries between states

• mountain ranges and rivers

• city populations

North, South, East, and West are know as what?

• Intermediate Directions

• Cardinal Directions

• Coordinates

A map scale:

• Shows the distance on a map

• measures weight of a land mass

• shows the cardinal directions

What type of map is shown here?

• Physical Map

• Political Map

• Climate Map

ABSOLUTE LOCATION

• describes the location of a place relative to, or compared to, something else.

• a place’s exact location on a map

• a model of the world

describes the location of a place relative to, or compared to, something else.

• relative location

• absolute location

• cardinal directions

explains what the details-symbols and colors-on a map represent

• scale

• key/legend

• title

a map that shows boundaries and borders of continents, countries, states/territories, counties and cities.

• physical map

• political map

• climate map

a map that shows whether a place is usually warm or cold and wet or dry

• climate map

• physical map

• population map

a map that shows the natural features-landforms such as mountains, valleys, rivers or lakes.

• physical map

• political map

• climate map