What does a special purpose map show?

Specific Data about specific place

What does the scale of a map tells us?

relationship between distance on the map to the real world

What does a political map show?

Political Feature (cities, boundaries, names of countries)

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1
The ______ displays cardinal directions.
Title
Scale
Key
Compass Rose
2
What is the line of latitude that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
longitude
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Capricorn
3
The _____ tells you what the map is about.
Title
compass rose
map key
scale
4
What does a special purpose map show?
what the symbols of the map mean
Physical Feature
Specific Data about specific place
Political Feature (cities, boundaries, names of countries)
5
What does the scale of a map tells us?
relationship between distance on the map to the real world
directions
Key
Compass Rose
6
What are the 4 directions on the compass rose?
Peacock Directions (A,Z,N,G)
Robin Directions (N,V,D,A)
Cardinal directions ( N,S,E,W)
Blue Jay Directions (U,T,S,L)
7
What does a physical map show?
what the symbols of the map mean
Human Features
Specific data about specific place
Physical Features
8
What are the 3 major elements of a map?
title, map key, inset map
key, title, and compass rose
compass rose, scale, title
inset maps, scale, title
9
What does a political map show?
Physical Feature
what the symbols of the map mean
Political Feature (cities, boundaries, names of countries)
Specific Data about specific place
10
What does the map key tell us?
what the map is about
the meaning of the symbols
intermediate directions
directions
11
What lines run horizontal, but measure north and south of the equator?
Latitude
Longitude
12
What explains the why of the where?
Geology
History
Geography
Biology
13
What lines run vertical, but measure east and west of the prime meridian?
Latitude
Longitude
14
Half of the earth is called_______.
Equator
Latitude
Hemisphere
Longitude
15
What is the line of longitude that divides the earth into Western and Eastern Hemisphere?
latitude
Equator
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer

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