Types of Maps
This map shows borders of areas like states, cities and countries.
a political map
Explains the lines symbols and colors used on a map
May key or legend
Your house address is an example of what type of location?
Absolute location
The theme that uses latitude and longitude
Location
How many themes of geography there are
5
This map shows information about land forms (mountain/ oceans)
A physical map
The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface.
How the earth is divided into 4 halves. N/S/E/W
Hemisphere
The theme that would include physical features such as mountains and lakes
Place (what you see, natural features)
People interacting with nature
Human Environment Interaction
A Cartogram map
A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) and intermediate (NE,SE,NW,SW) directions.
compass rose
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
Intermediate directions
The theme that would involve building houses and destroying forests
Human environment interaction
People riding to work on trains
Movement
List 2 types of reference maps
Political map and physical map
a set of imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator
lines of latitude
"East of Speedway" is what kind of loctation?
A relative location
The theme that the "mid-west of the USA" would fall under
Region
An area with similar features
Region
List 2 types of thematic maps
Dot density, choropleth maps, cartogram
Draw 2 map symbols and write what they mean
Large dot = major city. Small dot = minor city. Star = capital Line=border
Imaginary north-south lines that run vertically around the globe parallel to the Prime Meridian.
lines of longitude
The theme that shipping a package to a friend in another state would fall under
Movement
Describes the physical and human characteristics of a location
Place