Definitions
Who is a Cartographer?
A person who makes a maps
What does GPS stand for?
Global Positioning System.
What are the 5 Themes of Geography?
Location, Place, Region, Movement, and Human-Environment Interaction.
How is the Equator different from the Prime Meridian?
Equator= 0 degrees latitude, shows North and South Hemispheres, parallels
Prime Meridian= 0 degrees longitude, shows East and West hemispheres, meridians
What is Geography?
The study of the world and the relationship between the people and their environment.
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
Absolute Location is a precise location on Earth, found by latitude, longitude coordinates. Relative location is a location based on the description of it's surroundings.
What does GIS stand for?
Geographic Information System
What is one way humans changed our environment?
Cutting down trees to make paper, pencils, building supplies (deforestation).
Commuting (CO2 emissions, global warming)
What degree is the Artic Circle? Tropic of Cancer? Tropic of Capricorn? Antarctic Circle?
Artic Circle= 66.5 North, Tropic Cancer= 23.3 North, Capricorn= 23.3 South, Antarctic= 66.5 South
What does a Physical Map show?
What is the difference between latitude, longitude lines?
Latitude lines are horizontal (East to West, side to side). They give us our Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Longitude lines are vertical (North to South, up and down). They give us our Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
GOES satellite collects what type of data?
WEATHER
What is one way humans have ADAPTED to our environment?
Hurricanes: boarding up windows.
Floods: building canals or dams
What 2 hemispheres is Florida located?
North and West Hemisphere
What does a Political Map show?
Boundaries between countries, states, or counties.
What degree is the Equator? What degree is the Prime Meridian?
Equator is the 0 degree line of LATITUDE
Prime Meridian is the 0 degree line of LONGITUDE
What is the first step to making a map?
Surveying (surveying and observing the land to map).
Give an example of how idea move. How humans move. And how products move.
Ideas: social media, emails, texts, phone calls
Humans: car, plane, bicycle, walking
Products: Shipping, Companies across seas
How many absolute locations can there be?
ONLY 1 ABSOLUTE LOCATION.
What does an Economic Map show? A Climate Map? Population Density?
Economic: resources of a country and where they are located
Climate: weather patterns over a long period of time of a place
Population Density: Number of people who live in a square mile of a place
Why do cartographers use map projections when making maps?
SOMEONE WHO MAKES MAPS uses map projections when making maps TO REDUCE DISTORTION, when making a round object flat.
What are the best known satellites used for geographic purposes?
Landsat and GOES
Give an example of Place. Describe what the "Place" of a region on Earth might entail.
-Climate
-Landforms
-Culture: language, religions, traditions
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What country launched the first satellite? What was it called?
Russia launched the first successful satellite into space. It was called Sputnik.