Learning about Maps and Physical Systems
the people that create maps
Who are cartographers?
Death Valley
What is North America's lowest point?
El'brus, Russia
What is Europe's highest point?
30%
How much land area does Asia take upon the Earth?
Mount Wilheim
What is the highest point in Australia and Oceania?
Tropical, Dry, Mild, Continential, and Polar
What are the 5 major climate zones based on the Koppen system?
Laguna del Carbon in Argentina
What is the lowest point in South America?
the longest river in Africa
What is the Nile River?
46
How many countries are in Asia?
the three groups of islands that are located in Oceania
What are Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia?
the 4 projections to make a map
What are azimuthal, conic, cylindrical, and modified projections?
these are the two physical features that dominate South America
What is the Andes and Amazon River?
Cape Agulhas
What is the Southernmost tip of Africa?
Mongolia to Saudi Arabia
Where does Asia's dry belt dominate?
two dozen
How many countries and dependencies are in Australia & Oceania?
24 time zones
How many times zones are on the world time clock in Berlin, Germany.
the line of longitude that roughly marks the boundary in the United States and Canada between rain-fed agriculture in the east and irrigated agriculture in the west
What is 100°W?
north of the 40°N
Where do most of Europe lie?
the highest mountain in the world that is located in Asia
What is Mount Everest?
the place in Antarctica has less severe climate
What is the Antarctic Peninsula?
the basic climate controls
What is elevation, latitude, landforms, prevailing winds and ocean currents, and locations
the number of countries in South America
What is 12 and one French territory(French Guniea)?
more than one half of Earth's equator
How much does Europes coastline measures?
the two major lines of latitude that run across Asia(it is mostly in the South)
What is the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator?
iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold,silver,coal, and oil
What valuable minerals that lie beneath the ice sheet?