Map Elements and Functions

The video tutorial explains the five basic elements of maps: title, scale, legend, compass, and latitude and longitude. It covers the importance of map titles in indicating themes, such as roadmaps, political, and physical maps. The tutorial details how map scales provide context for distances and how map keys explain symbols. It also discusses the compass rose for orientation and the grid system of latitude and longitude for pinpointing locations. By understanding these elements, viewers can accurately read any map.

What are the five basic elements of a map?

• Title, scale, legend, compass, latitude and longitude

• Title, scale, legend, compass, and altitude

• Title, scale, legend, compass, and temperature

• Title, scale, legend, compass, and depth

What does the title of a map indicate?

• The scale of the map

• The compass direction

• The latitude and longitude

• The theme or subject of the map

Which type of map shows borders and territorial designations?

• Physical map

• Political map

• Roadmap

• Weather map

How is a map scale typically represented?

• As a series of lines with measurement labels

• As a compass rose

• As a grid of latitude and longitude

• As a list of symbols

What is the purpose of a map key?

• To explain the symbols and colors used on the map

• To provide latitude and longitude coordinates

• To indicate the compass direction

• To show the scale of the map

What does a compass rose help determine on a map?

• The scale of the map

• The theme of the map

• The direction (north, south, east, west)

• The symbols used on the map

What is the prime meridian?

• The international date line

• The zero of latitude

• The zero of longitude

• The equator

How are lines of latitude oriented on a map?

• In a circular pattern

• Diagonally across the map

• Horizontally like a belt around the Earth

• Vertically from pole to pole

What is the rhyme to remember the orientation of latitude lines?

• Latitude flatitude

• Longitude longtitude

• Latitude altitude

• Longitude attitude

What is the purpose of the grid system on maps?

• To list the symbols used on the map

• To indicate the theme of the map

• To provide a two-dimensional representation of the Earth

• To show the scale of the map