1. VOCABULARY WORDS, DEFINITIONS,AND PICTURES
Map skills
VOCABULARY WORDS, DEFINITIONS,AND PICTURES

2. Define: an indication of the relationship between the distances on a map and the corresponding actual distances.
Map scale

3. Define: North, South, East, West.
Cardinal directions

4. Define: a list that explains the symbols on a map/ map key.
legends

5. Define: the name given to map to identify or describe it.
titles

6. Define: an area of land that is controlled by its own government.
COUNTRY

7. Define: a broad geographic area distinguished by similar features.
REGION

8. Define: one of two half spheres formed by a plane through the sphere's center.
HEMISPHERE

9. Define: the northernmost point of the earth.
North pole

10. Define: the southernmost point of the earth.
South pole

11. Define: an area where many people live and work.
cities

12. Define: a main road that connects cities and towns.
highways

13. Define: a hard flat surface for vehicles, people, and animals to travel on.
roads

14. Define: a system of tracks on which trains travel.
railroads

15. Define: imaginary lines that run horizontally (east to west).
latitude

16. Define: imaginary lines that run vertically (north and south).
longitude

17. Define: an imaginary line that divides the Earth into a Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
equator

18. Define: An exact point on the earth's surface expressed by latitude and longitude.
Absolute location

19. Define: A location of a place in relation to another place.
Relative location

20. GPS-Global positioning system
Define: a radio system that uses signals from satellites to tell you where you are and to give you directions to other places.
GPS-Global positioning system

21. Define: geographic regions within which the same standard time is used.
Time zones