Maps
Themes of Geography
Latitude/ Longitude
Primary vs. Secondary
Random
100
What type of map is this?
Climate Map
100
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Location, place, human environment interaction, movement, region
100
What do geographers use to measure absolute location?
Latitude and Longitude
100
What is a physical object that was written or created at a specific point in time?
Primary Source
100
What is the difference between a physical map and a political map
Political maps do not show physical features?
200
What are the map basics?
Title, key, scale/compass
200
Which theme uses unifying characteristics to group places together?
Region
200
What is the distance north or south of the equator?
Latitude
200
Is this a primary or a secondary source?
Primary
200
Are keys always necessary for maps?
No
300
What type of map is this?
Physical Map
300
What is absolute location?
A place defined by its latitude and longitude lines.
300
Longitude lines go which way?
Vertical
300
When looking through family heirlooms, you find old photographs of your grandparents as children.
Primary
300
What are geographers tools?
Globes and maps that help geographers study the relationship between these systems.
400
What type of maps show major roads, highways, railroads, etc.
Road Maps
400
Which theme tries to explain what a location is like?
Place
400
Which state is 40 degrees north latitude and 80 degrees west longitude?
PA
400
When researching technology of the 1800s, you find a good summary of the telegraph, an invention from Samuel Morse in 1837.
Secondary
400
What tool more accurately depicts area, distance, and direction?
Globes
500
What type of map is this?
Topographical Map
500
Which theme is defined by how humans have adapted the environment around them to fit their needs?
Human- Environment Interaction
500
I am at 47 degrees north latitude and 120 degrees west longitude. Where am I?
WA
500
A textbook would be what type of source?
Secondary
500
What is relative location?
A reference to a place already know.