Vocabulary
What is Geography?
The study of the Earth and everything on it.
The center line of latitude
equator
this scale would be used to show a city?
large
Man made objects on a map?
Political
These continents use to be in the center of classroom maps.
North and South America
A group of places with common traits?
Region
Runs through Greenwich, England?
Prime Meridian
Explains what the symbols mean on a map?
legend, or key
Nature made objects on a map?
Physical
Pilots favorite map?
Azimuthal
How much distance on Earth is shown on a map?
Scale
Runs N&S, measures E&W
longitude
Shows direction on a map or globe?
Compass Rose
Countries
Political
Sailors favorite map?
Mercator
The height of a physical feature above sea level?
Elevation
Runs E&W, measures N&S
latitude
Tells the subject of the map?
Title
Mountain Ranges
Physical
This map resembles a peeled orange?
Homolosine Projection
Ways of showing the Earth's curved surface on a flat map?
Projections
Half of the Earth?
hemisphere
5 Things you must include on a map in Coach Huwe's class?
Title
Color
Compass Rose
Key
Scale
A change in elevation from one place to another?
relief
The preferred projection map of the National Geographic Society since 1998?
Winkel Triple Projection