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Understanding Map Symbols and Keys

Learn about map symbols, keys, scales, and directions to navigate confidently. Explore latitude and longitude lines, equator, prime meridian, and cardinal directions. Discover how geographers use maps and globes to understand Earth's surface.

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Understanding Map Symbols and Keys

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  1. Social Studies Map Skills Map Keys, symbols V. Martinez

  2. Symbols • Symbols are pictures that represent something.

  3. Key or legend • A key or legend is an area on the map that shows us what each symbol represents.

  4. Scale • Scale is the section of the map that shows how much smaller the map is compared to the real area it represents.

  5. Directions • Directions tell which way to go.

  6. Compass Rose • A compass rose is a symbol on a map which indicates the directions for a map.

  7. Cardinal Directions • North • South • East • West

  8. Intermediate directions • Northeast • Southeast • Northwest • Southwest

  9. Latitude Lines • These lines circle the globe running east to west

  10. Longitude Lines or meridians • Circle the globe running North to South

  11. Equator- latitude Prime Meridian - longitude

  12. Equator • The equator is a zero degree line of latitude that separates the Northern hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere.

  13. Prime Meridian • The prime meridian is the zero degree line of longitude that separates the eastern and western hemisphere.

  14. Prime Meridian VS. Equator Prime Meridian: an imaginary line that runs North to South on the globe and represents ZERO degrees longitude. Equator: an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South Poles and represents ZERO degrees latitude.

  15. There are FOUR Hemispheres

  16. The tools that geographers use the most often are MAPS and GLOBES. A map is FLAT drawing that shows all or part of the Earth’s surface. A globe is a SPHERICAL, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet.

  17. Globe • A model of the earth

  18. Map

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