Hemispheres
We live in these two hemispheres
What are the North and West Hemispheres
This map shows major roads and highways.
What isa road map?
Everthing above the Equator is in this hemisphere
What is the North Hemisphere
Creighton's Corner Elementary School is located near Brambleton Movie Theater
What is Relative Location
This map is made of images from a satellite.
What is a satellite map?
Lines of Latitude measure distances in these directions.
What is north and south?
The degree of the Prime Meridian.
What is 0o?
This type of map shows the physical features of an area.
What is a physical map?
Lines of longitude separate these hemispheres
What is East and West hemispherea
This line of latitude separates the Earth into two hemispheres
What is the equator
Longitude lines measures distances in these directions.
What is east and west?
38° N, 77° W
What is absolute location
(This is the location of the White House)
This kind of map shows states, countries, capitals, and major cities.
What is a political map
The International Date Line separates these hemispheres
What is the East and West hemisphere
The degree of the Equator (Hint: what is the starting point for measuring distance?)
What is 0 degrees
This type of map shows us one specific topic or theme.
What is a thematic map?