WorksheetsParts of a Map
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a map?
A 2D way of showing the 3D earth
a round circle
The object used to show directions
The imaginary lines that run through earth
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
What does the bar scale tell us?
The distance between two locations on the map
What the picture and symbols mean
the four main directions
what the map is about
True or False: Lines of Latitude are imaginary lines that measure the distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
True
False
True or False: Lines of Longitude are imaginary lines that measure the distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
True
False
Which is an important line of Longitude
Equator
Prime Meridian
North Pole
South Pole
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 a political map show?
Certain information about a location
landforms and bodies of water
features that people have created such as cities and country borders
What does a thematic/speciality map show?
Certain information about a place or region. It shows one specific type of information
Features that people have created such as cities and country borders
landforms and bodies of water
Map Title
Tell us what the map is about
Compass Rose
Shows us the four cardinal directions
Bar Scale
Tells us the distance between two locations on a map
Lines of Latitude and Longitude
imaginary lines around earth that help us measure it
Map Key
Tells us what the difference symbols, pictures and colors mean/represent
