Maps and Map Tools Vocab Review

a place’s exact location

• relative location

• absolute location

• pinpoint location

• location location

north, south, east, west

• robin directions

• intermediate directions

• compass rose

• cardinal directions

a person who creates maps and decides what to include on them

• cartographer

• map person

• map artist

• photographer

northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest

• secondary directions

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

• middle directions

the study of weather over time

• meteorology

• weather test

• climate

• hot and cold

a symbol that shows the cardinal directions

• compass rose

• scale

• map key

• pocket watch

a map that shows whether a place is usually warm or cold and wet or dry

• dry map

• wet map

• weather map

• climate map

numbers, letters, or both along the margins of a map that help you find a place's location

• symbols

• coordinates

• grids

• directions

maps that identify community cultures and resources

• Cultural maps

• Physical maps
• Political maps
• Population maps

a round model of the Earth showing where water, land, and countries are located

• Globe
• Map
• Compass
• Atlas