Examples of map titles, labels, and symbols for elementary students

📚 Quick Study Guide

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• Map Title: Tells you what the map is about (e.g., "Continents of the World").
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• Labels: Words that name places on the map (e.g., "Asia", "Pacific Ocean").
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• Symbols: Pictures that stand for real things on the map (e.g., a tent symbol for a campsite, an airplane for an airport).
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• Legend (Key): Explains what the symbols on the map mean.
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• Scale: Shows the relationship between a distance on the map and the real distance on Earth.
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• Compass Rose: Shows the cardinal directions (North, South, East, West).
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• Colors: Can represent different things like elevation or land use.

Practice Quiz

1. What does a map title tell you?
   1. Where the map was made.
   2. What the map is about.
   3. How old the map is.
   4. Who drew the map.
2. What are the words that name places on a map called?
   1. Symbols
   2. Legends
   3. Labels
   4. Scales
3. What do symbols on a map represent?
   1. The age of the map
   2. Real things in the world
   3. The mapmaker's name
   4. The size of the map
4. Which part of a map explains what the symbols mean?
   1. Title
   2. Scale
   3. Legend (Key)
   4. Compass Rose
5. What does the scale on a map show?
   1. The colors used on the map
   2. The distance between places on Earth
   3. The type of paper used
   4. The height of the mountains
6. What does a compass rose show?
   1. The different countries on the map
   2. The cardinal directions
   3. The population of the cities
   4. The types of symbols used
7. If a map uses different colors, what might they represent?
   1. The age of the map
   2. Different elevations or land use
   3. The name of the mapmaker
   4. The types of animals living there