Map skills Flashcards
What is a grid?
It is the pattern made by straight lines that cross one another at right angles.
What is an Index?
List of names in alphabetical order and their location.
What kind of maps have indexes?
An atlas or map book.
What is a local area?
It is the area where you live.
What does a map of a local area show?
It shows only a small area of land.
For what is an index used?
To find streets, schools and places of interest.
What is a route?
The way along roads and paths between two places.
Why do we use street maps?
To find places and to describe the route from one place to another.
What are sketch maps?
Rough drawings that look like maps.
Why do people draw simple maps?
To quickly show the route between places.
Do you need to show compass directions on a sketch map?
yes
What is the best way to help show you where north is on a sketch map?
Magnetic compass
What does estimate mean?
When you guess the distance without measuring it exactly.
What are landmarks?
Objects or buildings we use to find our way along a route.
What is a pace?
a long step.
What does verbally mean?
When you use words or language instead of a picture.
How do you explain the route verbally?
When you give directions through talking about distances, times, street names or landmarks.
How do you estimate distances?
You estimate distances between places in meters.
How long is a long pace?
About one metre.
How can you estimate distances on maps?
By looking at the scale line.
What is a scale line?
It is a ruler scale on the bottom of the map that shows you the map distance compared with distances on ground.
What is the key on a map?
A list of symbols and what they stand for.
What does land use mean?
How people use the land. E.g., for farms. houses or factories.
What is a word scale?
a scale that gives the scale in words.
What is a large-scale map?
A map that shows a very small area of the earth’s surface, such as part of a town.
What is a small-scale map?
A map that shows a large part of the earth, for example a country or a continent.
Which kind of map shows a lot of detail?
Large-scale map
How can we measure a route on a map that is not in a straight line?
You use a piece of string or tread as a curved ruler.
How do you measure direct distance?
Using a ruler.
How do you measure indirect distance?
Using the string method.
What are direct distances?
The shortest or straightest distances between two points.
What is another name for direct distances?
Straight-line distance.
Why do we use co-ordinates?
To locate the position of places more accurately on maps.
What do we use to locate places accurately on maps?
The latitude and longitude co-ordinates
Is it more accurate to give co-ordinates for countries or cities?
Cities.
What are current events?
It is things that happen in the present and are reported in the news?
Where can we locate word current events?
On a world map.
