Maps
This map type show man-made features on Earth, such as cities and countries' borders.
What is a political map?
This is the study of the distribution and intersection of physical and human features on Earth.
What is geography?
This is a two dimensional graphic representation of selected parts of the Earth's surface.
What is a map?
This can be the exact place of where a geographical feature is found or a place in relation to other places around it.
What is location?
This type of map shows representations of natural resources on Earth, such as rivers and mountains.
What is a topographical map?
This is the exact place where a geographic feature is found.
What is exact location?
This is a three-dimensional representation of the Earth.
What is a globe?
What is place?
The imaginary line that divides the north and south halves of the Earth.
What is the Equator?
The three map types which are in general use.
What are: general reference, thematic, and navigational?
This is a place in relation to other places around it.
What is relative location?
This is a way of drawing the Earth's surface that reduces the distortion caused by converting three dimensions into two dimensions.
What is map projection?
This describes how humans use and effect the environment of the Earth around them.
What is the Prime Meridian?
This type of map focuses on specific kinds of information, such as climate or population density.
What is a thematic map?
This is what a map maker is professionally called.
What is a cartographer?
This is a series of satellites that can photograph the entire Earth in 16 days.
What is Landsat?
This is an area that is defined by shared characteristics, such as political, cultural, or religious boundaries.
What is a region?
These imaginary lines run parallel to the Equator.
What are the lines of latitude?
This type of map is used by professionals such as sailors and pilots to plot courses or to fly.
What is a navigational map?
This is a world wide game that uses the Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) to locate the absolute location of objects on Earth to discover.
What is Geocaching?
This is a system that uses digital map information to create a databank to produce specialized maps.
What are Geographic Information Systems (GIS)?
This is how people and objects they create travel and/or migrate across the Earth.
What is movement?
These imaginary lines go around the Earth over the poles.