Map Skills Review - Use Your Notes

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Across
  1. 2. Helps to measure real-world distances on a map.
  2. 6. Type of map projection that shows gaps in the oceans to give less distortion to the land.
  3. 7. Political maps show areas that are under one _______.
  4. 9. This occupation will use an Azimuthal map projection to help plot the shortest routes across the globe.
  5. 10. Type of map projection with rounded side to give a more balanced land look.
  6. 12. This type of map is used to show the difference in land elevation and water depths.
  7. 13. Graphs, Charts, and photographs help to ______ information from maps.
  8. 17. Circular map that gets more distorted the further you go from the center of the circle.
  9. 20. The further you go from the equator on a Mercator map the more land is ____ at the poles.
  10. 22. Northwest, southwest, northeast, and southeast are all ______ directions.
  11. 23. The Mercator map projection is best to use if navigating by ____.
  12. 24. A compass rose will tell __________.
Down
  1. 1. Besides at the top of the map, a title can be found in the ______.
  2. 3. Large land masses
  3. 4. Show real-world features.
  4. 5. This map projection has evenly spaced lines of latitude and longitude.
  5. 8. Cities are shown as different sizes based on their ______.
  6. 11. Tells what the map is about.
  7. 14. Type of map that shows information about a specific topic.
  8. 15. North, south, east, and west are all ________ directions.
  9. 16. The shape of a Mercator map projection.
  10. 18. Some examples of map projection distortion are _____, shape, distance, or direction.
  11. 19. Large bodies of sea water
  12. 21. When something on the map looks different from how it really is on Earth.