Map Elements & Features
A map element of a map shows directions so readers can relate them to the real world?
What is Compass Rose?
You are planning a trip to another continent and want to see which countries, national borders, and capital cities you can visit. Which map do you use?
What is a Political Map?
To score Level 4 (Exceeds Standards) on the rubric, how many continents and oceans must you label correctly with zero errors?
Double: Name them
What are all 7 Continents and all 5 Oceans?
Is the address "351 W 18th St, NY 10011" an example of Absolute or Relative Location?
What is Absolute Location?
What is the definition of Trade, and why does resource scarcity cause it to happen?
What is: Trade is the exchange of goods, services, and natural resources across cities and nations. It happens because no single region has all the resources it needs, driving mutual exchange.
A map element shows distance measurements on a map—displayed numerically, verbally, or graphically—to help calculate real-world distances?
What is Scale?
A CIA analyst is gathering intelligence and needs to describe the natural landforms (mountains, rivers, deserts) of a country. Which map should they use?
What is a Physical Map?
Name two major world rivers that early human civilizations settled near for freshwater and trade.
What are any two of: Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, Ganges, Yellow (Huang He), Yangtze, Mississippi, Niger, or Congo?
Describing a location as "two blocks west of the subway station, adjacent to the park" is an example of what type of location?
What is Relative Location?
What is a Trade Route?
What is a network of pathways—over land or sea—used by merchants to transport goods, services, and cultural ideas between different regions or civilizations.
The graphics (dots, lines, shapes, icons) that represent items on a map, and where do you look to find their definitions?
What are Symbols and the Legend / Key?
What map would you use to get on the subway?
Political map
To earn full credit on the rubric's Challenge Question, name two major seas highlighted in global trade.
What are any two of: Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Caribbean Sea, or South China Sea?
What 0° line of latitude divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and what 0° line of longitude serves as the Prime baseline? Bonus if you use your bodies)
What are the Equator (0° Latitude) and the Prime Meridian (0° Longitude)?
Which famous trade network connected China, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe from around 130 BCE to 1450 CE to trade goods like silk, spices, and porcelain?
What is the Silk Road?
What are the names of the hemisphere
Eastern and western Hemisphere
What map would you use to trade beaver pelts?
Physical maps
What is a man-made structure designed to hold water and can create natural renewable energy (beavers)
What is a Dam
Building irrigation canals, subway systems, or dams are examples of which aspect of Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)?
What is Modifying the environment?
Which maritime trade network linked East Africa, Arabia, India, Southeast Asia, and China, where sailors relied on seasonal monsoon winds to navigate their voyages?
What is the Indian Ocean Trade network?
How do Latitude (horizontal lines) and Longitude (vertical lines) work together as a map element?
They form a grid system to pinpoint exact (absolute) locations on Earth, measuring North/South of the Equator and East/West of the Prime Meridian?
What is the main difference between a Physical Map and a Political Map?
What is: A physical map shows natural landforms and water bodies (elevation, mountains, rivers), while a political map shows human-made boundaries (countries, states, borders, capitals)?
What coastal trade centers connect land and sea routes to aggregate wealth and move goods globally?
What are Port Cities?
What are the four required lines when formatting a standard mailing address?
What are:
Line 1: Name
Line 2: Street Address
Line 3: City, State Zip Code
Line 4: Country
What term describes the global transfer of crops, animals, food, human populations, and diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres following Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492?
What is the Columbian Exchange?