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

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Legend/Key Explains what each symbol on the map represents

Legend/Key symbols with explanations

Legend/Key colors with explanations

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.

Scale

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

Direction Indicator

Cartographer mapmakers Paper Towns!!! cartographers in 1960

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

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

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)

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

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

What type of map is this?

Product Map

What type of map is this?

Political Map

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Topographical Map

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Population Density Map

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Physical Map

What kind of map is this?

Climate Map