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Vocabulary
Where are we headed?
This and That
100
The ______________ is an imaginary line of longitude in the Pacific Ocean that marks where the date changes.
What is the International Date Line?
100
This type of map shows man-made boundaries around countries.
What is a political map?
100
A scientist who studies the earth is called a ___________.
What is a geographer?
100
The GPS (Global Positioning System) uses __________ to provide information on latitude, longitude, altitude, and the time.
What are satellites?
100
I believe resources took millions of years to form (Christian or non-Christian geographer).
What is a non-Christian geographer?
200
The art of making maps is called ______________.
What is cartography?
200
Lines of longitude run __________ to __________on a map.
What is north to south?
200
The study of places on earth is called _____________.
What is geography?
200
The basic tool used to study places on earth is a ______.
What is a map?
200
I believe that God created our resources. We should use them wisely (Christian geographer or non-Christian geographer).
What is a Christian geographer?
300
The type of map that models the earth MOST accurately is _______________.
What is a globe?
300
The prime meridian is labeled 0 _____________ (longitude or latitude).
What is longitude?
300
An imaginary line that wraps around the center of the earth is _____________.
What is the equator?
300
Early mapmakers discovered land shapes by ___________.
What is sailing?
300
This item shows what the symbols on a map show.
What is a map key?
400
This type of map shows the land correctly along the equator.
What is Mercator Projection?
400
This type of map shows fairly accurate shapes and sizes of landmasses.
What is Goode's Interrupted Projection?
400
Another name for a line of LONGITUDE is ___________.
What is a meridian?
400
This country has the largest land size.
What is Asia?
400
This type of map shows more detail than a globe.
What is a flat map?
500
This type of map shows information about a place as it was in the past (examples-United States in 1861).
What is a historical map?
500
This item on a map compares distance on a map to a distance in the real world.
What is a map scale?
500
A tool to tell directions on a map is a _____________.
What is a compass rose?
500
If I travel from Sumter, SC to Portland, OR I will have to adjust my watch because...
What is I'm in a different time zone.
500
True or False-I am ready for my history test!
What is TRUE!
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