Map Skills

Front 1

helps find directions, shows cardinal or main directions

Back 1

compass rose

Front 2

shows height of land, rivers, lakes, mountains and what land looks like

Back 2

physical map

Front 3

shows countries, states, cities and boundary lines, and how earth is divided into countries and states

Back 3

political map

Front 4

shows pictures or symbols to compare things

Back 4

pictograph

Front 5

is like a graph or chart, listing information in an organized way, usually in columns.

Back 5

table

Front 6

usually drawn only with lines to explain how something is made, put together or how it works

Back 6

diagram

Front 7

shows the order of important events in history and how they are related in time

Back 7

timeline

Front 8

is a kind of model of the earth

Back 8

globe

Front 9

is the starting point for measuring latitude

Back 9

equator

Front 10

is the starting point for measuring longitude. Lines to the right are called lines of east longitude. West are lines of west longitude.

Back 10

prime meridian