1. "Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the U. S
"Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?"
“I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh, people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, or, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future. For our children.”

2. Map Skills Vocabulary

3. Any visual image in our brain to help us get around in our environment
Mental Map
Any visual image in our brain to help us get around in our environment

4. A map that shows natural features like land and water forms
Physical Map
A map that shows natural features like land and water forms

5. Relief Map
A map that shows the elevation of the land through the use of color, symbols, or lines

6. A map that shows human made boundaries and features
Political Map
A map that shows human made boundaries and features

7. It shows one particular subject or topic on a map
Special Purpose Map
It shows one particular subject or topic on a map
Examples: road map and weather map

11. Scale
A feature comparing what distances on the map are equal to in reality on Earth

12. Part of a map that explains its symbols
Key or Legend
Part of a map that explains its symbols

13. Pattern of crisscrossing lines to help us locate places on a map
Grid
Pattern of crisscrossing lines to help us locate places on a map

14. Map Index
Part of a map that tells where places are on the map using grid coordinates

16. Map feature that shows the directions on a map
Compass (Rose)
Map feature that shows the directions on a map

17. Atlas
A book of maps

19. Point towards which something faces or a line along which it moves
Direction
Point towards which something faces or a line along which it moves

20. Someone who makes maps for a living
Cartographer
Someone who makes maps for a living

21. An attempt to show the earth on a flat piece of paper
Projection
An attempt to show the earth on a flat piece of paper

26. Height of something above sea level
Elevation
Height of something above sea level
3165 ft

27. Lines that connect points on a map of equal elevation
Contour lines
Lines that connect points on a map of equal elevation

28. The science of representing surface features of a region on maps
Topography
The science of representing surface features of a region on maps

29. Global Positioning Systems:
GPS
Global Positioning Systems:
A system of satellites, computers, and receivers that is able to determine a receivers latitude and longitude