Map Skills

A _____________is a picture of a place that is usually drawn to a scale on a flat surface.

• compass rose

• map

• scale

Show governmental boundaries and features, such as; cities, states, and countries.

• Physical map

• Political map

• Weather map

Show landforms like deserts, mountains and plains.

• Physical map

• Geologic map

• Political map

Especially designed for motorists, showing the roads of a city, state, or other area.

• Weather map

• Road map

• Political map

Are reference maps that show the shape of Earth’s surface.

• Topographic map

• Climate map

• Road map

Show the types of rocks and sediments present immediately below the surface of a geographic area.

• Political map

• Geologic map

• Climate map

The ___________ serves as the decoder

for the symbology in the data frame.

• scale

• legend

• date

Each map has a _____________that tells what the map represents.

• compass rose

• scale

• title

A __________ is a tool that shows the cardinal directions and the intermediate directions.

• date

• legend

• compass rose

The ___________explains the relationship of the data frame extent to the real world.

• orientation

• scale

• map