Burg 6th Grade Social Studies Map Skills Vocabulary

Question 1

Absolute Location

Answer 1

The exact location using latitude and longitude or an address.

Question 2

Relative Location

Answer 2

Where something is in relation to other things. For example ¨the football field is across the street from the school¨. Or, I live a block from the Shirt Stop¨.

Question 3

Atlas

Answer 3

Book of maps.

Question 4

Political Maps

Answer 4

Shows the borders of continents, states, countries, and cities.

Question 5

Physical Maps

Answer 5

Shows locations of landforms, bodies of water and other geographical features.

Question 6

Resource Maps

Answer 6

Shows the products and natural resources of an area.

Question 7

Road/Mobility Map

Answer 7

Shows streets, roads, highways, etc.

Question 8

Contour/Topographic Map

Answer 8

Shows elevation (height) of an area.

Question 9

Maps

Answer 9

Flat models of Earth or a part of the Earth.

Question 10

Map Key or Legend

Answer 10

Part of a map that lists and explains the symbols used.

Question 11

Scale

Answer 11

Shows how the distance on a map compares to the distance on Earth.

Question 12

Landforms

Answer 12

Natural features on the Earth.

Question 13

Population Density

Answer 13

Number of people in a certain geographic area.

Question 14

Natural Resources

Answer 14

Material found in nature, and used by people such as minerals, trees, water, fertile soil and fossil fuels.

Question 15

Geography

Answer 15

The study of physical features on Earth.