Directions
This direction points down on a map.
What is south?
More accurate than maps.
What is an Advantage of Globes?
Show man-made features such as cities, states, provinces, territories, or countries.
What is a Political Map?
2-dimensional representations of the Earth.
What is a Map?
These imaginary lines run east and west on a globe.
What are lines of latitude?
This drawing shows directions on a map.
What is a compass rose?
Show distortion
What is the Disadvantage of a Map?
Shows the type of landforms and bodies of water in a specific area.
What is a Physical Map?
Three-dimensional representations of the Earth.
What is the Globe?
These imaginary lines run north and south on a globe.
What are the lines of longitude?
If you are facing north, this direction is to your left.
What is west?
Can show themes.
What is an Advantage of Maps?
Illustrate the movement of people, goods, ideas, or even animals. The information is usually shown in a series of arrows.
What is the Flow-Line Map?
A specific place on the Earth's surface
What is an Absolute Location?
The equator is at this degree latitude.
What is 0 degrees?
This type of direction includes the main directions: north, south, east, and west.
What is a cardinal direction?
Not Thematic
What is a Disadvantage of Globes?
It only shows one hemisphere, the latitude lines are circles, and the longitude lines radiate from the center.
What is a Polar Map?
Where a place is in relation to another place.
What is Relative Location?
This imaginary line is at 0 degrees longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
This type of direction includes the directions in between north, south, east, and west.
What is an intermediate direction?
Both maps and globes use this.
Lines of longitude and latitude
Cardinal and Intermediate Directions
Which some thematic mapping variable is substituted for land area.
What is Cartograms?
When a geographer travels to a location in order to study it.
What is Surveying?
A way to lessen map distortion.
What is Map Projection?