Maps Vocabulary

What is a detailed image of a place that may give information, show where things are, tell how to get somewhere, or how far away a place is located?

• Grid

• Map

• Scale

• Compass

What are the vertical and horizontal lines placed over a map called?

• Symbols

• Cells

• Grid

• Legend

What term describes the individual blocks in a grid?

• Cells

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Scale

What is a combination of a letter and number that gives an identity to a cell called?

• Symbols

• Grid coordinates

• Compass

• Legend

What are the horizontal lines on the globe called?

• Longitude

• Latitude

• East

• West

What are the vertical lines on the globe called?

• Longitude

• Latitude

• North

• South

What typically represents a picture used on a map to represent something else?

• Scale

• Symbols

• Compass

• Cartographer

What tells what the symbols on a map mean and how to interpret the map?

• Legend

• Scale

• Compass

• Grid

What shows how distances on a map are related to real distances?

• Compass

• Scale

• Grid coordinates

• Symbols

What shows direction on a map?

• Scale

• Legend

• Compass

• Grid