Map Skills

2. A design on a map that points out the main directions.
5. A guide that explains what the colors, lines, and pictures on a map mean.
7. The imaginary center line that divides the Earth into northern and southern halves.
8. A measuring tool showing how distances on the paper match real-world distances.
10. The four main points on a compass: North, South, East, and West.

1. Imaginary vertical lines that run up and down the Earth from pole to pole.
3. The imaginary center line that divides the Earth into eastern and western halves.
4. Exactly one half of the Earth.
6. Imaginary horizontal lines that wrap around the Earth from east to west.
9. A flat, bird's-eye drawing of a place that shows where things are located.
11. A simple shape or picture that stands for a real object or place.