Definitions
Different Kinds of Maps
Immigration
Environmental Adaptation
Latitude, Longitude, and Time Zones
100

The study of Earth.

GEOGRAPHY

100

Why was it so hard to come up with a map of the earth? (Before the technology that we have today.)

Because of the shape that Earth is. A cylinder is hard to make flat. Example of orange peel. 

100

Name s Push event in history. (From the magazine) 

Dateline Ireland, 1845–1851: The Potato Famine

or 

Dateline the Great Plains, 1931–1939: The Dust Bowl

100

What is one problem people might face with the environment? 

depending on answer

100

Why is a line of Latitude and Longitude used? 

To help understand and study the earth. 

200

The imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

EQUATOR

200

__________ ________was first developed in the 1500s for navigating the oceans. It’s a cylindrical projection map. Lines of latitude and longitude meet at right angles. Compass directions are accurate. Land area is not. Areas near the equator are shown more accurately. Areas near the poles are highly distorted. Notice the size and shape of Greenland (shown in green) on this map.

Mercator Projection

200

Name a pull event in History. (from the magazine) 

Dateline California, 1849: Gold Fever 

or 

Dateline the West, 1862–1869: The Transcontinental Railroad

200

From which water source do residents in Las Vegas get water?

Colorado River reservoir at Lake Mead

200

How many lines of Longitude are there on earth?

24

300

To move from one country or region and settle in another

MIGRATE

300

______ ________ map is shaped by a cylinder or tube. Wrap the tube around the globe, and details of Earth are transferred to it.

Cylindrical Projection

300

Name a force migration event in history. 

Dateline Africa, 1619–1859

300

Name one-way people have worked and changed the environment in which they live. (From Magazine) 

Examples from magazine 

300

If in California the time is 8:45 pm What time is it two time zones away? Or two lines of longitude away? 

10:45 pm 

400

An imaginary line that is about 180° longitude and runs through the Pacific Ocean. East of the line, the calendar date is one day earlier than the date west of the line.

INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

400

________ _________ lines of latitude are parallel to the equator. Lines of longitude are arcs. Compass directions and distances are less accurate. Land area is shown more accurately.

Robinson Projection

400

On the reason why California is attractive. 

Jobs

Gold 

Engineering (Technology) 

Great weather 

400

What was the name of the hill in San Francisco?

Lombard Street is on Russian Hill in San Francisco.

400

What time zone are we in? 

Pacific time zone

500

The wearing away of a material.

WEATHERING

500

When was the Mercator Projection first developed? And why was it used?

In the 1500s for navigating the oceans.

500

John Steinbeck’s novel. That tells the story of one family’s journey west. during the dust bowl. 

The Grapes of Wrath

500

Since Madagascar isn't fit to farm. what is one-way farmers work around that? 

Resourceful Betsileo people created flat, shelf-like terraces for growing crops.

500

How many Hours does it take to rotate around the earth once? 

24 hours
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