Warm-Up Game: Elements of A Map

A person who creates maps

• Land surveyor

• Cartographer

• Archaeologist

• Mapping analyst

Written explanations of the symbols, showing the range of features included on the map

• Meridian

• Longitude

• Plan

• Legend

A line on a map that connects points of equal height

• Contour

• Latitude

• Projection

• Symbol

The angular distance in degrees east or west from a defined meridian

• Latitude

• Grid

• Longitude

• Altitude

The angular distance in degrees north or south from the equator

• Latitude

• Grid

• Longitude

• Altitude

The study and mapping of land surfaces, including relative position and height

• Cartography

• Archeology

• Geography

• Topography

The art and science of mapping the natural and social features of the earth, and their relationships to one another

• Cartography

• Archeology

• Geography

• Topography

A circle of the earth that passes north-south through the poles

• Meridian

• Projection

• Relief

• Scale

Height above sea level

• Latitude

• Contour

• Longitude

• Altitude

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• Scale

• Legend

• Symbol

• Latitude