MapsMrs. MulderHorizon Middle School

Warm Up

•Write down the “Daily Agenda” in your planner• Keep your planner open until I check it

• In your daily journal section, date your entry and write (in complete sentences) on the following:• Using words, describe how to get to your

favorite restaurant from your house

Vocabulary

• Cartography• Art of making maps, including design

and reproduction of maps

•Cartographer•Person who makes maps

• Lewis and Clark

• Title• Tells what information will be found on the

map

• Scale•Ratio of the area on the map and

the real world

•Compass Rose• Shows the directions for example

north, south, east and west

• Symbols/Color•Way to show different information

on the map without writing words

•Key/Legend• Explains what the symbols and/or

colors represent

• Physical Map• A map that shows the landforms of a region• Mountains, rivers, lakes

• Political Map• Show governmental boundaries that

separate countries, states, or provinces

• Thematic Map• Maps that are used to analyze data

• Economic Map• Analyze how people and countries earn a

living and what resources are available