Map Skills

tells what the map is about

• map key

• map title

• symbol

a picture that stands for something that is shown on the map

• map title

• map key

• map symbols

shows direction

• compass rose

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

North, South, East, West

• intermediate directions

• symbols

• cardinal directions

Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest

• cardinal directions

• map key

• intermediate directions

an explanation of what the symbols on a map stand for

• map symbols

• map key/legend

• compass rose

shows distance between two locations on a map

• map scale

• map key

• compass rose

A map that uses letters and numbers to show a specific location

• map key

• intermediate directions

• coordinate grid

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