Compass Rose and Cardinal Direction

A design used on maps to show direction

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Scale

The four main compass points: north, east, south, and west.

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Scale

Directions on a compass halfway between cardinal directions: northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Scale

A graphic that helps the reader determine the distance between two places.

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Scale

The _____ shows that one inch on the map equals five miles in real life, helping us understand the actual distances between places.

When planning our road trip we used the _____ to figure out how far the cities were from each other.

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Scale

A _____ is important because it lets you know how big or small things on the map are compared to the real world.

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Scale

When we look at a compass, _____ like northeast and southwest help us find locations between the main cardinal points."

To get to the park from my house, I need to travel in a southeast direction, which is an _____ between south and east.

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Scale

In geography class, we learned that_____, such as northwest and southeast, are important for giving more precise directions than just north, south, east, or west

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Scale

• To travel to the mountains, we need to head in the north _____.

• If you're facing east, the opposite _____ would be west.

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Scale

• The four _____ are north, south, east, and west, and they help us find our way on a map.

• Compass Rose

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Map Scale