MAP MASTERS
This part of a map tells you what the map is about.
Title
Geography is the study of these three major things.
people, places, and the environment
Latitude MEASURES this
north and south
One decade equals how many years.
10 years
What tool helps historians put events in the order they happened
timeline
You don't understand the symbols on a map. Which map component should you check?
legend/key
A person who studies Earth's natural and human-made features is called this.
geographer
Longitude MEASURES this
east and west
One century equals how many years
100 years
Which happened first: 500 BCE or 100 BCE
500 BCE
This map component helps you figure out how far apart places are in real life.
Scale
Name two tools geographers can use to study Earth.
maps, globes, satellite images, GPS, or charts and graphs
Which comes first when writing coordinates: latitude or longitude?
latitude
5 millennia equals this many years
5,000 years
Which happened later: 300 BCE or 100 CE
100 CE
You need to know which direction is north, south, east, and west. Which map component should you use?
Compass Rose
Name the 5 Oceans
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Southern
What are the coordinates telling you when you see 25° S, 60° E?
25 degrees south of the Equator and 60 degrees east of the Prime Meridian
This is a long period of history known for important events, changes, or characteristics
era
A student says, “500 BCE happened after 100 BCE because 500 is a bigger number.” Is the student correct
no, 500 BCE happened before 100 BCE
Name all five key components of a map.
title, compass rose, legend/key, labels, and scale
Name the 7 continents
North America, South America, Antartica, Africa, Asia, Austrailia, Europe
A student writes a location as 80° W, 30° N. What is wrong with the way the coordinates are written?
latitude should come first, so it should be 30° N, 80° W.
This is a more specific period of time within a larger era
epoch
Put these events in chronological order from earliest to latest: 200 CE, 400 BCE, 100 BCE, 500 CE
400 BCE → 100 BCE → 200 CE → 500 CE?