Map Skills Vocabulary

Uses satellite to measure exact distances for map building and route planning.

• GIS

• GPS

• Mapquest

• Google Maps

A map that shows geographic features like oceans, mountains, and deserts.

• Physical Map

• Topographic Map

• Features Map

• Aerial Photo

Lines that run east and west around the world. They are labeled as

 $\degree N\$  or  $\degree S$  and are sometimes called "parallels"

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

The exact location on somewhere on Earth found by using coordinates

• Place

• Latitude

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

A type of map that shows elevation

• Topographical Map

• Sea Level Map

• Physical Map

• Resource Map

Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast are all ___________ directions

• Cardinal

• Intermediate

• Extra

• Optional

A map that shows how many people live in an area relative to a space occupied by them.

• City Map

• Human Map

• Population Density Map

• Political Map

The location of a place compared to other locations around it

• Absolute Location

• Coordinates

• Relative Location

• Addresses

Half of a sphere - in terms of the Earth, there can be Northern and Southern or Eastern and Western

• Latitude Lines

• Hemisphere

• Longitude Lines

• Sections

A type of map that shows information from the past

• Atlas

• Road Map

• Population Map

• Historical Map