Map vocabulary

Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates

• relative location
• absolute location
• latitude
• longitude

To locate a place relative to other landmarks

• absolute location
• longitude
• latitude
• relative location

What  are these lines known as ?

• latitude
• relative location
• longitude
• absolute location

What are these lines known as?

• latitude
• longitude
• relative location
• absolute location

An object or picture that represents something else

• map key
• symbol
• map scale
• compass rose

Cardinal directions

• NE, SE, NW, SW
• N, S, E, W

Intermediate directions

• N, E, S, W
• NE, SE, NW, SW

Compares a distance on the map to a distance in the real world

• map key
• compass rose
• map scale
• symbol

What is this object known as?

• map symbol
• map key
• map scale
• compass rose

Compares a distance on the map to a distance in the real world

• map key
• symbol
• compass rose
• map scale