This document is a study guide for map skills that contains definitions for common map terminology like cartography, compass rose, scale, and hemispheres. It provides a matching activity to align 10 terms with their definitions. These are followed by instructions to label a compass rose diagram and complete two sentences about lines of latitude and longitude.

1. Name _____________________________ Date ________________ Ntbk# _______
Study Guide — Map Skills
Match the word with its definition.
Write the letter of the definition on the
blank.
1. _____ Cartography
2. _____ Equator
3. _____ Hemisphere
4. _____ Compass Rose
5. _____ Map Key/Legend
6. _____ Scale
7. _____ Inset Map
8. _____ Physical Map
9. _____ Political Map
10. _____ Prime Meridian
A. Interprets the symbols on a map
B. Indicates cardinal and intermediate directions
on a map.
C. The art of mapmaking
D. Provides a tool for measuring the distance between
locations on a map
E. Half of the Earth
F. Located at 0° latitude, this imaginary line separates
the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemi-spheres.
G. A smaller map that often provides more detail or
enlarges an area of the larger map.
H. A map that shows landforms, water features, and
topography of a location.
I. This Located at 0° longitude, this imaginary line sep-arates
the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemi-spheres.
J. A map that shows borders, cities, roads, and other
man-made features of a location.
11. Label the compass rose below:
Complete the sentences below.
12. Lines of latitude run ____________ to
____________ and measure ____________ to
____________.
13. Lines of longitude run ____________ to
____________ and measure ____________ to
____________.