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MAP SKILLS
PHYSICAL MAPS
Show physical features (mountains, rivers, oceans, etc.) of an area
POLITICAL MAPS
Shows political units or boundaries (countries, states, counties, districts, towns)
HISTORICAL MAPS
Shows illustrations for things like economic activity, migrations, battles and changing national boundaries
OTHER MAPS
Topographic Climate
COMPASS ROSE
A compass rose shows which way the directions north (N), south (S), east (E), and west (W) point on a map
Never Eat Soggy Waffles
ANOTHER NAME FOR THE MAJOR DIRECTIONS?
What is another name for the major directions? Turn to your neighbors and share.
Cardinal Directions – North, South, East and West
INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS
Now that we have discussed cardinal directions, what do you think the intermediate directions are?
INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS
Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, and Southeast
SCALE
Shows the ratio between a unit of length on the map and a unit of distance on the earth.
EX: 1 inch on a map = 1 mile in real life
LEGEND OR KEY
Lists and explains the symbols, lines, and colors on a map
LONGITUDE LINES
Imaginary lines that run North to South. Also known as Meridians
Shows distance in degrees East or West of the Prime Meridian
PRIME MERIDIAN
A longitude line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole. Passes through Greenwich, England, and measures at 0° longitude
LATITUDE LINES
Imaginary lines that run east to west. Also known as parallels
Shows distance in degrees north or south of the equator.
Latitude = Flatitude Lat sounds like ladder…steps of a
ladder
EQUATOR
A latitude line that circles the earth halfway between the North and South Poles. It measures at 0° latitude
CANCER AND CAPRICORN
Parallels that form the boundaries of the Tropics, a region that stays warm all year long.
PURPOSE OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE? They help you pinpoint the absolute
location of cities and other geographic features by using coordinates of intersecting lines.
HEMISPHERE
Term for half the globe The earth can be split into Southern
and Northern hemispheres separated by the equator or into Eastern and Western .
MERCATOR VS ROBINSON
Mercator Shows most of the continents as they
look on a globe, yet it stretches out the land near the poles
Used for all kinds of navigation
MERCATOR VS ROBINSON
Robinson Shows the earth with nearly true sizes
and shapes of the continents and oceans, but the shapes near the poles are rounded
Used in most textbooks
NOTEBOOK
Label your Table of Contents – Page 8 - Map Skills
Tape into your SS Notebook onto page 8