The study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth
What is geography?
100
Mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location (ex. climate, how many people live there, etc.)
What is place?
100
The area a given space on the map corresponds to in the real world
What is scale?
100
A diagram of a compass showing direction
What is a compass rose?
100
Height above sea level
What is elevation?
200
The distance north or south of the Equator
What is latitude?
200
Describes a person's exact position on Earth in terms of longitude and latitude
What is absolute location?
200
Photographic images of Earth's surface taken from the air
What are aerial photographs?
200
Shows a larger area than the main map
What is a locator map?
200
Map that shows the location or distribution of human or physical features (can show many different kinds of information, such as results of presidential elections)
What are special purpose maps?
300
Each half of the Earth is called a...
What is a hemisphere?
300
An area with at least one unifying physical of human feature such as climate, landforms, population, or history
What is region?
300
Loss of accuracy in the size or position of objects on a map
What is distortion?
300
Shows how much space on the map represents a given distance on the land
What is the scale bar?
300
What are the elements of a physical map? (List at least 2)
What are... natural features such as mountains, rivers, and elevation.
400
The distance in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian
What is longitude?
400
How people affect their environment/ natural surroundings
What is human-environment interaction?
400
Ways to map Earth on a flat surface (ex. Equal-Area, Mercator, and Robinson)
What are projections?
400
Shows how much space on the map represents a given distance on land
What is a scale bar?
400
What are the elements of a political map?
What are political unites such as countries or states. It may also show capitals or important cities.
500
List the cardinal directions and intermediate directions.
What are...
Cardinal: north, east, south, west
Intermediate: northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest ?
500
What are the five themes of geography?
What are location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction?
500
What is the difference between aerial photographs and satellite images?
What is... Aerial photographs show more details, such as roads or specific features. Satellite images show Earth's surface in great detail and a larger area can be seen, but specific features are not shown.
500
List four things you could find in a map key.
What are...
freeway, highway, national park/forest, urban area, state capital, town, elevation, etc.
500
Draw the lines of latitude on a sphere and label the equator. THEN draw the lines of longitude on a sphere and label the Prime Meridian.