Mapping Tools
The mapping tool that shows direction.
What is the capital city of Maine?
Augusta
The name of the line that divides the world into north and south.
What is at the top of the world?
TRICK QUESTION! There is no top of the world!!
What a map index is used for.
Finding places on a map.
What is the name of the biggest lake in Maine?
The purpose of Longitude and Latitude.
So that anyone can pinpoint an exact spot anywhere in the world.
Some of the common problems of trying to make a correct map.
Either the size will be wrong or the shape will be wrong.
A zoomed in version of a specific place on a map.
An inset.
What is the name of the state park that Mt. Katahdin is in? (Hint: You found it on your road map worksheet.)
Baxter State Park.
The line that divides the world into East and West.
The prime meridian.
The name of the map that is most common is schools.
The mercator projection.
The purpose of a scale.
To figure out how much smaller or bigger the map is in comparison to the real place.
What are three important physical features in Maine?
Mountains, Ocean, Pine Trees, Rivers, Forests, Lakes, Beaches, Islands
The name for two specific numbers of longitude and latitude.
Coordinates.
How maps helped tell the story of what is going on in Afghanistan.
Maps showed who controlled what land before and after the U.S. left Afghanistan and the Taliban took over. That way, people could see how quickly and aggressively to Taliban took over the country.
A convincing argument as to why physical features is the most important mapping tool we have learned about.
Physical features allow us to understand the land and environment. Knowledge of the environment is critical to understanding how to navigate it. What is the point of knowing that you need to go north if you don't know that there will be a mountain or valley in the way?
The County farthest north in Maine.
Aroostook county.
Why was longitude and latitude created?
So that ships could find their way across the ocean.
What is wrong with the map that is most common in schools?
The size is all wrong! Plus, it upholds the wrong idea that certain countries are more important or should be more powerful than other countries.