Maps Vocabulary

geography :

• the study of science

• the study of water

• the study of Earth and its people

• the study of animals

place:

• what a location is like

• how people live

• the name of something

• a type of animal

location:

• a mountain

• only water

• particular place

• only land

cartographer

• person who studies water

• person who makes boats

• person who makes a compass

• person who makes maps

Which one of these is not a cardinal direction of a compass?

• North

• Northwest

• South

• East

Which is not a part of a Grid System

• has grids

• doesn't have grids

• is a map

• helps find a specific location

What is another word for legend?

• grid

• map

• symbol

• key

A scale is mainly used to:

• measure

• is show distance from one place to another

• show how small something is

• is not used at all on a map

Symbols are pictures

• used to represent something

• used to show faces

• show maps

• oceans

Absolute location shows

• shows what the location looks like

• tell of places around the location

• the exact location of something

• is a colorful map