Thematic Maps, Maps with a Theme
Latitude & Longitude
Let's Try Our Luck
Vocab? You mean words we should know?
Practice with maps
100
DAILY DOUBLE: How are vegetation and land use connected?
Land Use is restricted by the vegetation that grows in an area.
100
Lines of longitude are also called this.
What are meridians?
100
What type of map would I use to find the nearest tropical grassland?
What is a vegetation map?
100
DAILY DOUBLE: What type of map would I use to find where the nearest mountain range is?
What is a physcial map?
100
What would I find if I traveled to E4 using the grid?
What are the Great Apes?
200
Oklahoma is known for tornados, Florida is known for hurricanes, Montana is known for really bad thunderstorms
What map type would show me this information?
What is a climate map?
200
Name three famous lines of latitude
What are the equator, tropic of cancer, and capricorn?
200
DAILY DOUBLE:
What is the absolute location?
Give me an example.
What is the precise point where a place is located?
Coordinates may vary
200
What is the difference between relative location and absolute location?
What is RELATIVE LOCATION is the location compared to another place and ABSOLUTE is the precise point where a place is located.
200
Fill in the blank. Utah is ______ of Colorado.
What is west?
300
I really want to figure out what part of the United States has the most people living in it
What is a population density map?
300
Longitude lines run from 0 degrees to ______ degrees
What is 180 degrees?
300
What hemispheres would Europe be found in?
What are North and East?
300
What is climate?
What is a weather pattern in an area?
300
What does the yellow area in the Southeast area of the map represent?
What is the beach?
400
What type of map is shown below?
What is an economic activity map?
400
The North pole is at ________ degrees latitude and the South pole is at ______ degrees latitude.
What are 90 degrees (North and South)?
400
The city of Elk Lake, Canada is at (35 W, 88 N).
What is wrong with these coordinates?
North and South must come first when writing coordinates.
400
What three characteristics help us divide the world into regions?
What are culture, climate, and physical features?
400
What state is northeast of Wisconsin?
What is Xichigan?
500
Name three different thematic map types.
Polticial, Physical, Pop density, Climate, Econ Activity, etc.
500
What continent would the coordinate 45 N, 80 W most likely be on?
1. South America
2. North America
3. Europe
What is North America?
500
Los Angeles, California is 250 miles from San Fransisco.
The map scale says that 25 miles = 1 inch.
How many inches apart are these cities?
What is 10 inches?
500
What is vegetation?
Give me one example (from our Disney activity) of different vegetation zones
Plants and tree life in an area
Highlands, ice cap, coniferous forest, mixed forest, etc.
500
Using Scale: About how far away is Pittsburgh from Albany?
What is about 400-450 miles?