Key Map Vocabulary

This is the distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees.

• Latitude

• Boundary

• Longitude

• Scale

This is a nation considered
as an organized political community under one government.

• Title

• State

• Key/Legend

• Country

This is a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line.

• Prime meridian

• Capital

• Compass rose

• Boundary

This is designed to show governmental boundaries of countries, states, and counties, the location of major cities, and significant bodies of water.

• Boundary

• Key/Legend

• Equator

• Political map

This symbol refers to the directions north, south, east, or west on a map

• Key/Legend

• Territory

• Compass rose

• City

This refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the actual distance on the ground.

• Scale

• Latitude

• Prime meridian

• Boundary

This is the name of the imaginary line at zero degrees latitude.

• State

• Equator

• Boundary

• Prime meridian

This is an organized division
of a country that is not yet admitted to the full rights of a state.

• Territory

• Scale

• Latitude

• State

This is a larger town.

• State

• Compass rose

• City

• Scale

This is the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian measured in degrees.

• Compass rose

• Latitude

• Political map

• Longitude