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A legend on a political map is like a map key. It tells what different symbols stand for on the map.
The key of the map explains all the symbols used on the map.
The key tells u wat the symbols mean on a map
the symbols on a map are verry useful becouse if we did not have symbols we would have to wright what every thing is like shops ect but symbols on a map are useless if you do not have a key becouse the key tells you what the symbols stand for.
its called a key or a legend
A key.
There are various different ways to graph information, but the part that tells you what the bars or lines represent is called a label. A label might appear next to a line, or a bar, or it might only appear on the x axis and the y axis.
legend
legend
the x-axies
the x-axies
The labelling of the lines tells you what they represent.
The axis labels.
the key, or the legend
The map key (usually found in the corner of the map) will tell you what all the symbols on the map mean. It also tells you the scale of the map, and any other information you may need to read the map.
the key or legend, that is the technical term, tells you what each symbol on the map represents. the symbols can mean different things so check the key or legend for help knowing what the symbols mean.
The key explains what the map's symbols mean.