Map Skills

Question 0

Scales

Answer 0

Charts that show the relationship between the actual size of an area.

Question 1

Cartographer

Answer 1

Someone who makes maps

Question 2

Relative location

Answer 2

A location of a place in relation to another place (i.e. south or downhill)

Question 3

Compass rose

Answer 3

Shows directions like North, South, East, and West.

Question 4

Map

Answer 4

A flat representation of the earth

Question 5

Cardinal direction

Answer 5

North, South, East, and West

Question 6

Capital

Answer 6

A city where the government of a state or country is located.

Question 7

Longitude

Answer 7

Imaginary lines that run north and south on a globe

Question 8

Globe

Answer 8

A representation of the earth in the shape of a ball

Question 9

Equator

Answer 9

The great imaginary line around the middle of the earth.

Question 10

Grid

Answer 10

A pattern of lines on a map usually running north-south and east-west that is used for giving positions

Question 11

Climate

Answer 11

Statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and numerous other meteorological elements in a given region over long periods of time.

Question 12

Hemisphere

Answer 12

One half of a sphere

Question 13

Prime meridian

Answer 13

The location plotted as zero degrees longitude

Question 14

Symbol

Answer 14

A sign or drawing that stands for something else

Question 15

Latitude

Answer 15

Imaginary lines that run east and west

Question 16

Absolute location

Answer 16

A point on the earth’s surface expressed by a coordinate system such as latitude and longitude.

Question 17

Mental map

Answer 17

The image a person has in the “mind’s eye” of a place or area including its features

Question 18

Legend/Key

Answer 18

The part of the map that lists and explains the symbols, colors, and scale used for the map

Question 19

Meridians of longitude

Answer 19

Geographic coordinates commonly used for east to west measurement.