Map Vocabulary

What are the cardinal directions?

• A tool used to measure distance on a map, which corresponds to a distance on the ground

• A scientist who studies and organizes locations and spaces to learn about the world.

• The four main directions: north, south, east, and west.

• The four directions that fall between the cardinal directions: northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest.

What is latitude?

• The exact location of a place

• The horizontal line on a map that shows north or south position.

• The vertical line on a map that shows east or west position.

• A flat drawing of a place or part of the world.

What is a map scale?

• The vertical line on a map that shows east or west position.

• A person who makes maps

• The four main directions: north, south, east, and west.

• A tool used to measure distance on a map, which corresponds to a distance on the ground.

What is a geographer?

• The location of a place in relation to other places.

• The study of the Earth’s landscapes, people, places and environment.

• A person who makes maps.

• A scientist who studies and organizes locations and spaces to learn about the world

What are intermediate directions?

• The four directions that fall between the cardinal directions: northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest

• The section of a map that explains the meaning of each symbol used on the map.

• The vertical line on a map that shows east or west position.

• The location of a place in relation to other places.

What is a cartographer?

• A tool used to measure distance on a map, which corresponds to a distance on the ground

• A scientist who studies and organizes locations and spaces to learn about the world.

• A person who makes maps.

• A symbol with four points printed on a map to show the main directions.

What is absolute location?

• A symbol with four points printed on a map to show the main directions.

• The exact location of a place (longitude and latitude)

• A scientist who studies and organizes locations and spaces to learn about the world.

• The location of a place in relation to other places

What is geography?

• A tool used to measure distance on a map, which corresponds to a distance on the ground.

• The study of the Earth’s landscapes, people, places and environment.

• A scientist who studies and organizes locations and spaces to learn about the world

• A person who makes maps.

What is relative location?

• The vertical line on a map that shows east or west position.

• A symbol with four points printed on a map to show the main directions.

• A tool used to measure distance on a map, which corresponds to a distance on the ground

• The location of a place in relation to other places.

What is a map?

• The study of the Earth’s landscapes, people, places and environment.

• A flat drawing of a place or part of the world

• A tool used to measure distance on a map, which corresponds to a distance on the ground.