Map Elements

The purpose of a map legend (or key) is:

• To explain the history of the map 
• To figure out the distance from one place to another
• To identify the meaning of symbols on the map
• To shampoo your hair, rinse, and repeat

You can use a scale on a map to:

• Find out how much the map weighs
• Determine the distance from one point to another
• Understand the meaning of the map's symbols
• Dance the night away

Which map element tells us the cardinal and intermediate directions?

• Scale
• Title
• Compass Rose
• Legend

The title of a map tells us:

• What the map is about (the topic of the map)
• The distance the map covers
• The name of the cartogtrpaher
• That Mr. Scully is the bomb-diggity

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

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Items such as small shapes or drawings on a map used to represent real objects are called ____________________.

• Latitude
• Symbols
• Parallels
• Emojis

Lines that run north and south and measure distances in degrees from the Prime Meridian are called lines of ________________.

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Meridian
• Scale

Lines that run west and east and measure distances in degrees from the Equator are called lines of ________________.

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Wrongitude
• Attitude

The center line of latitude, measured at 0 degrees is the ________________.

• Prime Meridian
• Legend
• Boiling Point
• Equator

The center line of longitude, measured at 0 degrees is the _________________.

• Prime Meridian
• North Pole
• Backbone
• Equator

Our Earth can be divided in half, either north and south or west and east. These halves are called ______________________.

• Pie

• Chunks

• Hemispheres

• Grids