Map Work

• Grid


  The pattern made by straight lines that cross one another at right angles
• Index


  List of names in alphabetical order and their location (usually in an atlas or map book)
• Route


  The way along roads and paths between two places
• Sketch maps


  Rough drawings that look like maps
• Estimate


  Guess a distance without measuring it exactly
• Landmarks


  Objects or buildings we use to find our way along a route
• Pace


  A long step
• Verbally


  Using words or language instead of a picture
• Map


  A reduced representation of reality or a picture that shows location of things
• Map key or legend


  A box on a map that shows the meanings of the map symbols
• Land use


  How people use the land, e.g. for farms, houses, factories
• Direct distance


  The shortest distance between two points
• Scale


  A scale shows the relationship between a distance on the map and the corresponding distance on the ground
• Small-scale maps


  Show a large area in less detail
• Large-scale maps


  Show a small area in more detail
• Word Scale


  A written statement
• Linear Scale


  A line scale
• Co-ordinates


  Points where lines of latitude and longitude cross
• Current events


  News about people and places that happens in the present
• Latitude


  The distance north or south of the Equator
• Longitude


  The distance east or west of the Greenwich Meridian