Map Skills

This theme of Geography is an area defined by common features.

• Region

• Movement

• Location

• Human/Environment Interaction

This theme of Geography is defined as the flow of people and goods within and out of an area.

• Movement

• Place

• Location

• Region

This theme of Geography is where something is located in the world or on a map.

• Place

• Human Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Location

A Historical Map...

• shows how people divide and use the land.

• shows the physical forms of the land (landforms, mountains, rivers, lakes, valleys, oceans).

• shows how the land was used in the past.

• shows the elevation of the area.

A type of map that tells how humans divide and use the land is a...

• Physical Map.

• Topographic Map.

• Historical Map.

• Political Map.

A theme of Geography that tells how people use and change their environments is...

• Place.

• Location.

• Human Environment Interaction.

• Physical.

Place is the theme of Geography that

• tells where it is.

• tells you what the lines and symbols mean.

• tells you what the Title is

• tells what an area is like.

A compass rose...

• is a part of a map that tells you what the map is of.

• shows how the land is divided.

• is a part of a map that tells you which direction is North.

• shows the land forms.

The part of the map that tells you what the different lines and symbols mean is...

• Latitude.

• Political.

• the Title.

• the Legend.

The lines that run left to right across a map and mark how far north or south you are of the Equator are...

• Latitude lines.

• Map Scale.

• Equator.

• Longitude lines.