Maps
Latitude
Longitude
Time zones
Vocabulary
100
Tells you what information the map is showing.
What is the Title
100
Imaginary circles that run east to west around the globe.
What is Latitude
100
These lines run from north to South on a map and meet at the North Pole and the South Pole.
What is Lines of Longitude.
100
Helps us account for time around the world.
What is Time Zones
100
A tool used to find direction
What is compass
200
is a symbol that tells you where the cardinal directions- north, south, east and west are positioned.
What is Compass Rose
200
Another name for lines of Latitude.
What is parallels
200
Another name for Lines of Longitude.
What is meridians.
200
Time zone you live in
What is Eastern Standard Time
200
The line at 0 degree latitude.
What is Equator
300
A measuring line that helps you figure distance on the map.
What is scale bar
300
This is the main line of Latitude and circles the Earth like a belt.
What is Equator
300
Another name for the Prime Meridian.
What is the Meridian of Greenwich
300
California's time zone
What is Pacific Standard Time
300
The study of the Earth's surface.
What is Geography
400
Name two categories or groups into which maps are placed.
What is General Purpose and Special Purpose
400
How many degrees of Latitude are north and south of the Equator?
What is 90 degrees
400
Name the meridian found 180 degrees west and east of the Prime Meridian.
What is the International Date Line
400
If you fly from North Carolina to California would you loose or gain time?
What is gain time
400
Half of a sphere; half of the Earth.
What is hemisphere
500
Give two examples of general purpose maps.
What is Political and Physical.
500
Where doyou look to find the Latitude of a place on a map?
What is at the side of the map.
500
How many degrees are west and east of the Prime Meridian?
What is 180 Degrees
500
Does the sun rise earlier in New York City or Los Angeles?
What is New York City
500
The number of people living in a geographic region.
What is population
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