Understanding Map Components
A worksheet for 3rd graders to learn about different components of a map such as title, compass rose, legend, and scale.
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Understanding Map Components
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you learn about the different parts of a map.
1. What is the name of the part of a map that tells you what the map is about?
Compass Rose
Legend
Title
Scale
2. Which map component helps you find directions like North, South, East, and West?
Legend
Compass Rose
Map Key
Scale
3. The tells you what the symbols on a map mean.
4. A map's shows how big something on the map is compared to its real size.
5. Why is it important for a map to have a title?
6. A compass rose always points to the South.
True
False
7. Look at the map below. Label the different map components you see.
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