Map it Out
This map type shows borders of states and countries.
What is a political map?
This line divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the equator?
Language, buildings, and culture are examples of these kinds of characteristics.
What is human characteristics?
A round model of the Earth
What is a globe?
These lines run east to west and measure distance north or south of the equator.
What are latitude lines or parallels?
This map type shows land features like mountains and rivers.
What is a physical map?
The exact spot where something is found on Earth.
What is absolute location?
Mountains, rivers, and climate are examples of these characteristics.
What are physical characteristics?
A flat drawing of all or part of Earth’s surface.
What is a map?
These lines run from north to south and measure distance east or west of the prime meridian.
What are lines of longitude or meridians?
This kind of map focuses on one idea, like rainfall or population
What is a thematic map?
The position of a place in relation to another place.
What is relative location?
This type of geography focuses on people and how they live.
What is human geography?
This tool uses satellites to find the exact location of something.
What is GPS?
The Earth is divided into these four halves.
What are hemispheres?
This kind of map shows a little bit of everything—roads, cities, and landforms.
What is a general purpose map?
This line runs from the North Pole to the South Pole at 0° longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
This type of geography focuses on Earth’s natural features.
What is physical geography?
This tool shows map data in layers to help solve real-world problems.
What is GIS?
The equator and prime meridian cross at this type of location.
What is absolute location, or 0° and 0°?
This kind of map exists only in your head and is based on your own experience.
What is a mental map?
This imaginary line marks where one calendar day ends and the next begins.
What is the International Date Line?
This word describes the way people affect and are affected by their environment.
What is interaction, or human-environment interaction?
This acronym reminds you of what to include on a good map
What is TODALS?
The imaginary grid made by latitude and longitude is called this.
What is a coordinate system?