2. Legend/Key
Explains what each symbol on the map represents

3. Legend/Key
symbols with explanations

4. Legend/Key
colors with explanations

5. Scale
Shows how much a map has been reduced from the area it represents. Tells what each distance on the map represents in real life.

6. Scale

7. Direction Indicator (Compass Rose)
Shows where each of the cardinal directions are (north, south, east, west)
Can include intermediate directions (northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest)

8. Direction Indicator

9. Cartographer
mapmakers
Paper Towns!!!
cartographers in 1960

10. Relative Location Where something is in relation to another place.
Example:
Mayfield Middle School is SOUTH of Pizzazz Pizza.

11. Relative Location Example:
Mayfield Middle School is SOUTH of Pizzazz Pizza.

12. Types of Maps
Political Map - shows boundaries and locations of countries, states, and major cities
Physical Map - shows the geographic features of an area (seas, islands, mountains, lakes, rivers, deserts)

13. Types of Maps
Topographical Map - type of physical map that shows elevation (how high a place is above sea level
Climate Map - shows the average monthly or yearly weather conditions

14. Types of Maps
Population Density Map - amount of people that live in an area relative to the space occupied by them
Product Map - the natural resources in an area and the products made in that area

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16. Product Map

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18. Political Map

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20. Topographical Map

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22. Population Density Map

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24. Physical Map

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26. Climate Map