Social Studies Vocabulary

Title

• Subject of the map

Orientation

• Shows you direction on a map

Cartographer

• Map maker

Legend

• Shows you what the symbols and colors mean on a map

Scale

• Shows you distance on a map

Distortion

• Changes in size, area, or shape

Projection

• Mapping the round earth on a flat surface

Physical features (boundary)

• A nature made landform or waterway that divides the land.

Natural Resource

• A material found in nature that people use to meet their needs.

Raw materials

• Natural resources that must be processed to be useful

Renewable natural resource

• Something that comes from nature that keeps coming back

Non-renewable natural resource

• Something that comes from nature and when it is gone; it gone FOREVER.