Vocab
Lines of latitude
What is Parallel?
The study of the earth
What is Geography?
An area of land that is lower than the land around it
What is a Lowland?
A map which shows boundaries of countries, state, countries, or cities
What is a Political Map?
The two types of location are
What is Relative & Absolute Location?
The lines running north to south on a map
What is Longitude?
A narrow piece of land projecting into the sea
What is a Cape?
The section of a map that explains the symbols and colors on the map
What is a Key?
A map showing the weather conditions, such as temperatures or rainfall of an area
What is a Weather Map?
A description of the land and what one sees
What is Place?
The earth is split into 4 of these
What is a Hemisphere?
A body of water completely surrounded by land
What is a Lake?
The ratio between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground
What is scale
A map, usually used by motorist, which shows roads and highways for driving
What is a Road Map?
Region
What is an area of land with the same features?
The loss of accuracy when transferring a round globe to a flat surface
What is Distortion?
A narrow strip of land that connects 2 large landmasses and separates 2 bodies of water
What is an Isthmus?
A mountain or hill with a crater through which lava, rock, or gas erupts
What is a Volcano?
A map which shows land forms, such as rivers, lakes, or mountains
What is a Physical Map?
Movement is how ___, ___, and ___, get from one place to another
What are People, Goods, & Ideas?
Projection is...
What is the transferring of a round map onto a flat surface?
Flat topped, elevated land forms
What is a Mesa?
A deep, narrow valley, usually with steep sides and a river flowing through it
What is a Canyon?
This is known as the best map projection
What is the Robinson Projection
5 examples of human environment interactions; Include at least 1 negative and positive
What is Answers may very?