Elementary Geography Skills

What is this?

• key
• title
• compass rose
• star

Name the part of the map labeled with "A."

• Map Key

• Title

• Compass Rose

Name the part of the map labeled with a "B."

• Map Key

• Title

• Compass Rose

Name the part of the map labeled with a "C."

• Map Key

• Title

• Compass Rose

If you wanted to know the symbol for "river," where on a map would you look?

• the scale

• the compass rose

• the borders

• the map key

What is the map scale used to figure out?

• the number of countries shown on the map
• which direction is north, south, east and west
• the real distance between places on the map
• what the map symbols mean

If you wanted to know which direction you’d have to travel to get from New York to Philadelphia, where on a map would you look?

• the scale
• the compass rose
• the border
• the legend

This type of map shows cities, boundaries, states, and countries

• physical map

• political map

• historical map

This type of map shows kinds of land and bodies of water

• Physical map
• political map
• historical map

What type of map is this?

• Political
• Physical 
• Economic Activity
• Population