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

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

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

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

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

10. Scale It shows what distances on the map are equal to in reality on Earth

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

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

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

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

16. Atlas A book of maps

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

19. Cartographer Someone who makes maps for a living

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

25. Elevation Height of something above sea level 3165 ft

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

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

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