5 Themes of Geography
Latitude and Longitude
Map Types
Important Terms
Basic Parts of a Map
100
The features that help define a location. They may include population, climate, and landmarks.
What is place?
100
The direction that longitude goes around the Earth.
What is North and South?
100
Shows major roads and highways, cities and state borders.
What is a road map?
100
North, South, East and West are known as _____.
What are cardinal directions?
100
The tool on a map used to find direction.
What is a compass rose?
200
Similar characteristics that define an area. Could be human, physical, natural or cultural.
What is region?
200
Both the Prime Meridian and Equator measure at this degree.
What is 0°?
200
Shows physical features such as mountains, rivers, canyons, and lakes.
What is a physical map?
200
This unit of measurement is used to measure the distance in latitude and longitude on a map.
What is degrees?
200
This is when a map or picture is changed and is less accurate.
What is distortion?
300
A specific place, either exactly where something is or relatively where it is based on another location.
What is location?
300
This is how many degrees there are from the Equator to the South Pole.
What is 90°?
300
Shows political boundaries between states, territories and countries.
What is a political map?
300
A 3-dimensional circular shape that can be used to make a globe.
What is a sphere?
300
The section of a map that explains symbols for the map features.
What is a key or legend?
400
The definition of movement.
What is the movement of people, products, information and ideas from one area to another?
400
Name the directions that latitude measures. Name the direction that longitude measures.
What is north and south of the Equator? What is east and west of the Prime Meridian?
400
Shows lines of elevation, called contour lines, to determine mountain, hill or depression height.
What is a topographic map?
400
Name the study of living and nonliving parts of the Earth.
What is geography?
400
The size of an area on a map compared with the area's actual size.
What is the scale?
500
Name two ways we as humans interact with our environment.
Opinion.
500
This comes first in a coordinate ( __X__ °, ____°).
What is latitude?
500
Shows specific information based on a region or area, such as weather, climate, or even election results.
What is a special-purpose map?
500
The world is split into 2 halves by the Equator and the Prime Meridian. Name all 4 for the total points.
What are the Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern hemispheres?
500
A representation of the Earth's rounded surface on a flat piece of paper.
What is a projection?
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