Reading A Map

The main directions on a compass rose are ....

• intermediate directions

• cardinal directions

• general directions

• directions

On a map of UAE. This sign is next to Abu Dhabi because

• It is a city

• It has an airport

• It is a capital city

• It has a sea port

What shows what a map is all about?

• Map title

• Map scale

• Legend or key

• Compass rose

What tells us which direction to go?

• Map key

• Map Title

• Compass north

• Scale

What major line of Latitude runs through Indonesia?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

What can maps tell you?

• how an area sounds

• how an area looks

• how an area feels

• how an area smells

What special features do most maps show?

• mountains, rivers, and forests

• big and small

• top view from a plane

• two lines that look like a plus sign

What is the key on the map?

• pictures of mountains and rivers

• to unlock the door

• to open the bank

• to explain what each picture on the map is trying to show

Each letter on the compass shows a direction. The letters N, S, E, W are on the compass. What do those letters stand for?

• Never eat soggy waffles

• Naughty Elephants Spray Water

• North, South, East, West

• NEWS

What are the intermediate directions?

• north, south, east and west

• northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest

• up, down, left, and right

• north, south, northeast, northwest