Vocab
a "half sphere", used to refer to one-half of the globe when divided into North and South or East and West
What is hemisphere?
What are 3 types of maps?
What is Physical Maps, Political Maps, and Special-Purpose Maps?
How can geographers pinpoint an absolute location?
What is by finding the intersection of latitude and longitude?
What are the Six Essential Elements of Geography?
What is The World in Spatial Terms, Places and Regions, Physical Systems, Human Systems, Environment and Society, and The Uses of Geography?
imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator
What is latitude?
What type of map would show the names and borders of countries?
What is a Political Map?
What two hemispheres does the Equator divide the Earth into?
What is the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere?
When geographers look at how volcanoes and glaciers have shaped the face of the Earth, which of the Six Essential Elements of Geography are they studying?
What is Physical Systems?
imaginary lines that circle the Earth from Pole to Pole, measuring distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
What is longitude?
What type of map would show land and water features?
What is a Physical Map?
What two hemispheres does the Prime Meridian divide the Earth into?
What is the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere?
What are the Five Themes of Geography?
What is Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Regions?
a way of showing the round Earth on a flat map
What is projection?
Why do mapmakers create different types of map projections?
Latitude and longitude lines cross one another, forming a pattern called a _________ ___________.
What is a grid system?
What is they first take a look at where the place is located?
a measuring that shows the distances on a map
What is scale?
What is specific kinds of information?
Globes and maps are marked with ___________ ______ the geographers us to locate places on the Earth's surface.
What is imaginary lines?
Which Essential Elements of Geography might be involved in the study of an area's landforms and how they affect people living there?
What is Places and Regions and Physical Systems?