Name the Vocab
Map Projections
Find the Hemisphere
Coordinate Search!
Coordinate Search Again!
100
The imaginary lines running from east to west on a globe. Measured in degrees.
What are lines of latitude.
100
This is a positive thing about the Mercator Projection.
What is it is useful for travelling because the lat and long lines are straight. Directions are shown properly.
100
Canada is located in this hemisphere
What is Northern and Western.
100
15 degrees North and 90 degrees West
What is Guatemala?
100
20 degrees North and 100 degrees West
What is Mexico?
200
The main line of longitude, 0 degrees, is also called this.
What is the Prime Meridian?
200
Name a positive thing about the Peters Projection?
What is the sizes of the continents are closer to being correct.
200
Australia is found in this hemisphere.
What is Southern and Eastern?
200
30 degrees North and 60 degrees East
What is Iran
200
50 degrees North and 10 degrees East
What is Germany?
300
The North and South running imaginary lines on the globe are called this.
What are lines of longitude?
300
What is a drawback of the Mercator Projection?
What is it stretches land near the poles to make it look bigger. Greenland looks the same size as South America, which is not accurate.
300
Zambia is found in this hemisphere.
What is Southern and Eastern.
300
30 degrees South and 30 degrees East
What is South Africa?
300
10 degrees North and 0 degrees
What is Ghana?
400
The main line of latitude, 0 degrees, is also known as this.
What is the Equator?
400
Name a drawback of the Peters Projection.
What is the shape of the continents are skewed. They are too long and skinny.
400
South Korea is found in this hemisphere
What is Northern and Eastern.
400
30 degrees North, 45 degrees East
What is Iraq
400
20 degrees North and 30 degrees East
What is Sudan?
500
Lines of Latitude and Longitude are measured in... (3 things, each on smaller than the next)
What are Degrees, Minutes and Seconds.
500
This is the perfect map of the world, but hard to carry around.
What is a globe?
500
Peru is found in this hemisphere.
Southern and Western.
500
0 degrees and 110 degrees East
What is Indonesia?
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