Lesson 5 Memrise Map Skills

a figure on a map used to display the cardinal directions: North, East, South, and West.

an identifying name given to a street

explanatory table of symbols used on a map or chart; also called a map legend

Feature of a map of a town or landscape, seen from a distance, it can establish a location.

the ratio of the distance on a map to the corresponding actual distance

an element in a map layout that describes the theme or subject of a map

a natural feature on the surface, such as water, mountains, and deserts