What is a map? Word Scramble
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What are two tools that can help you learn about the Earth? | 1) A globe. 2) A map. |
What is a globe? | It is a model of the planet as if you were looking at the Earth from outer space. |
What is a map? | It is a picture of the Earth on a flat surface. |
What is very useful about a map? | It can be carried around anywhere |
What information do maps and globes show? | They both show the seven continents and the five oceans. |
What does the title tell you? | It tells you the purpose of the map. |
What does the legend tell you? | It tells you what certain symbols on a map mean. |
What is a compass rose? | A tool that tells you your direction or the direction on a map. |
What are the eight directions on a compass rose? | North-N, Northeast-NE, East-E, Southeast-SE, South-S, Southwest-SW, West-W, and Northwest-NW. |
What are the cardinal directions on a compass rose? | North-N, East-E, South-S, and West-W. |
What are the intermediate directions on a compass rose? | Northeast-NE, Southeast-SE, Southwest-SW, and Northwest-NW. |
What is a scale on a map? | It shows standard and metric lengths on a map equal to real life measurements. |
What is an inset found on a map? | It is a smaller map that shows a larger area of land around a map, and can sometimes be found on a map. |
On a legend or key, what might a dot stand for? | A city. |
A black line on a map could stand for what? | A state or a country border. |
Who are cartographers? | Map makers. |
Cartographers might make different maps and might use different what? | Legends and scales. |
What is one reason for making different kind of maps? | To represent different map subjects or other ways to read a map. |
What does a political map show you? | Major states, cities, capitals, borders and famous landmarks. |
Want does a historical map show you? | A map of a place, but back in history. |
What does a road map show you? | Major roads, cities, and highways. |
What does a land use map show you? | How much land his used for factories, cities, highways, roads, and other buildings. |
What does a physical map show you? | It shows you natrual features, vegetation grounds, deserts, and bodies of water. |
What does a climate map show you? | It shows you the climate of a certain region or area. |
What does a natural resource map show you? | It shows you all the natural resources avalible in a area or region. |
What does a population density map show you? | It shows you the population of a area or region. |
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