Maps Vocab Quiz

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

• Latitude

What is the combination of a letter and number that gives an identity to a cell on a map?

• Grid coordinates

• Longitude

• Scale

• Legend

What are the horizontal lines on the globe called?

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

What are the vertical lines on the globe called?

• Latitude

• Equator

• Longitude

• Prime Meridian

What typically represents something else on a map?

• Symbols

• Cells

• Scale

• Compass

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

• Scale

• Legend

• Grid coordinates

• Cartographer

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

• Compass

• Scale

• Symbols

• Latitude

What shows direction on a map?

• Compass

• Grid

• Legend

• Scale

What is the direction at 0 or 360 degrees?

• East

• South

• North

• West