1. Title Orientation Author Date Legend Scale
What every map should include.

2. Title
Name the map.

3. Orientation
Include a compass rose that identifies, north, south, east and west.

4. Author If you created the map, put your name on it.
If someone else created the map, give them credit.

5. Date
Record the date the map was created.

6. Legend
Create a key that indicated what each symbol stands for.

7. Scale
Ratio of the distance between two places on a map and the actual distance between those two places on the Earth’s surface.