Vocab
Latitude & Longitude
Timelines
Geography
Random
100
Define Absolute location
Absolute location is know as and exact location. Latitude and Longitude
100
Which direction do lines of latitude travel?
What is North to South
100
RANDOM BONUS QUESTION BECAUSE I CANT THINK OF ANY MORE TIMELINE QUESTIONS
What year was Union Elementary founded?
1963 (there is a plaque outside Mr. Newsome's office). You all walk past it several times a day.
100
How many continents are there? Please name them all.
7 - Antartica, North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa
100
What are the four cardinal directions?
What are North, South, East, and West
200
A person who makes maps is called a
Who is a Cartographer
200
Which direction do lines of longitude travel?
What is East to West
200
Why is a multi-tier timeline more useful than a single tier timeline?
A multi-tier timeline you can compare different sets of information.
200
How many oceans are there? Name them all.
What is Atlantic, Pacific, Southern, Arctic, & Indian
200
Why does a map need a title?
To know what you are looking at
300
Give an example of temporal information that would appear on a map.
Dates, or anything referencing time
300
0 Degrees on the Latitude, and 0 Degrees on the Longitude are know as:
What is the Prime Meridian and Equator
300
A repeatable set of events that occur every year, or every so often is known as a
What is a Pattern
300
Give an example of 5 different types of geographic tools
Satellites, Maps, Globes, Ariel Photographs, GIS
300
What is another name for Australia?
What is Oceania
400
Give an example of spacial information that would appear on a map.
Countries, lake, rivers, anything that has a name on a map.
400
What are the coordinates for point D?
60 N, 60 E
400
Give an example of a cause and effect event from your life.
Answers will vary
400
What are the five major landforms on this map?
Great Plains, Great Lakes, Rocky Mountains Appalachian Mountains, Coastal Plains
400
What are the correct order of coordinates go in?
For example (X,Y)
(Latitude, Longitude)
500
A computer program that allows a person to view multiple layers of geographic information is know as
GIS or Geographic Information Systems
500
Another name for lines of Latitude are
What is parallels of latitude
500
What does Chronological order mean? Give an example
In order from start to finish.
500
Give an example of 5 different types of Geographic Information
Agriculture, Landforms, Economy, Population, Weather
500
What is this know as?
A grid