How the cartographer centers the map.
Orientation
This thematic map shows the population density or the number of people living in a certain area
Population Map
Shows established weather patterns or what the weather or climate is doing in a certain area
Climate or Weather Map
Imaginary lines running north and south from pole to pole as a measure of east and west.
Longitude
The zero point from which eastern and western hemispheres are determined.
Prime Meridian
True or False - Political maps never show oceans, rivers and lakes.
False
A type of map that shows a pattern in the subject matter. This map can be of almost anything to visualize the relationship between geography and some other feature like light, language, grasslands...
Thematic Map
The center horizontal line that goes around the earth from which the northern and southern hemispheres are determined.
Equator
Imaginary lines running horizontally around the earth. Also called parallels, these lines measure north and south.
Latitude