Map Projections
These lines make up the grid of a map.
What are lines of latitude and longitude?
This theme refers to how people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
What is movement
Name at least one feature of a physical map
mountain, valley, lake, river, deserts
North, South, East, West
What is the four cardinal directions
A spherical or ball shaped, model of the entire plane
What is globe
Half a globe.
What is hemisphere?
This theme explores how people adapt to and use their surroundings.
What is Human Environment Interaction
Name at least one feature of a political map.
countries, states, capitals
The study of the Earth and the ways people interact with the Earth.
What is geography
10 Years
What is a Decade?
what is distortion?
This theme explores how geographers use directions such as north, south, east, and west to identify where a city, state, country is found.
What is Location
what is key or legend?
100 years
What is a century?
Ancient time period formerly know as before Christ.
What is Before Common Era?
A two dimensional projection of the earth.
What is map projection?
This theme divides the world into geographic units such as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East”.
What is region
Name the five oceans.
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Southern Ocean
An area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics.
What is regions?
The imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude
what is the equator?
A representation of Earth that does not produce distortion.
What is a globe?
This theme explores human and/or physical features such as the population of a city or the climate of particular area.
What is place
Name the seven continents.
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica
Vertical lines of longitude are also known as.
What is meridians?
what is the international date line?