Map Vocabulary

A map that shows the government borders for countries, states, and counties.

• political map

• grid map

• population map

• elevation map

A map that shows how many people live in a certain area of land.

• physical map

• elevation or topographical map

• political map

• population map

A tool found on a map that is used to help figure out the distance from one place to another

• map scale

• map key/legend

• compass rose

• table of contents

Lines that measure the distance north or south of the equator

• Equator

• lines of latitude

• Prime Merdian

• lines of longitude

Answer explanation

The Equator cannot measure distance north or south of the Equator, so that answer cannot be correct. It has to be the other lines that run the same way as the Equator.

The 4 main directions--North, South, East, West

• compass rose

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

Answer explanation

The compass rose is the tool that has the 4 main directions. Intermediate directions are the directions between the cardinal directions.

The imaginary line that divides the Earth into the eastern and western hemispheres.

• lines of longitude

• Equator

• lines of latitude

• Prime Meridian

Answer explanation

Lines of longitude and latitude are the lines that measure distance from the Equator or Prime Meridian. The Equator is the line that goes around the Earth like a belt. The Prime Meridian goes up and down.

Measures the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.

• lines of latitude

• Prime Meridian

• lines of longitude

• Equator

Answer explanation

Lines of longitude go the same direction as the Prime Meridian (up and down), and they measure the distance.

Directions on a compass that are halfway between N, S, E, and W.

• intermediate directions

• robin directions

• sparrow directions

• cardinal directions

Answer explanation

The word "intermediate" means "between".

Scientists that study the Earth and the way things use it.

• map maker

• geographer

• audiographer

• cartographer

Answer explanation

A mapmaker is a cartographer, an audiographer is a person who helps with hearing.

Half the Earth. The planet is divided into 4 sections, but each are half the Earth and called:

• lines of longitude

• Equator

• hemispheres

• Prime Meridian

Answer explanation

The Prime Meridian and the Equator divide the Earth in the the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, and the Equator divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres making 4 hemispheres. Each hemisphere is half the Earth.