Geography Review

What does a map title do?

• Explain what the symbols on the map means

• Shows the distance between two locations on a map

• Tell us what the map will be about

• Show the cardinal directions

What does a compass rose tell us?

• What the map is about

• How far away things are on the map from each other

• What the symbols on the map means

• The four cardinal directions (North, South, East, West)

What does a map key tell us?

• What the map is about

• the four main directions

• What the symbols, pictures, and colors on the map mean

• The distance between two locations on the map

Which is an important line of Latitude?

• Prime Meridian

• South Pole

• North Pole

• Equator

What does a physical map show?

• Certain information about a place or region. Shows one type of information

• The features people have created, such as cities or country borders

• The landforms and bodies of water found in certain areas

What does the "SE" stand for on the compass rose?

• South West
• South East

What is this part of the map?

• title

• key / legend

• compass

What is this part of the map?

• title

• key / legend

• compass

Look at the key: What does the white mean?

• snow

• mountains

• rainforest

Look at the key: which symbols stands for the capital?

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