Understanding Map Components
A Grade 5 Social Studies worksheet focusing on essential map components like title, legend, scale, and compass rose.
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Understanding Map Components
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.
1. What map component tells you what the symbols on a map mean?
Compass Rose
Scale
Legend/Key
Title
2. The shows the cardinal directions (North, South, East, West) on a map.
3. A map's tells you how much distance on the map represents real-world distance.
4. Why is a map title important?
5. A legend is another name for a map's scale.
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Match each map component with its description.
6. Compass Rose
a. Shows the ratio of distance on the map to distance on the ground.
7. Map Scale
b. Explains the meaning of symbols and colors used on the map.
8. Map Legend
c. Indicates direction (North, South, East, West).
9. Look at the map below. Identify and label the following components: Title, Compass Rose, and Legend.
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