Map Basics
What is a map?
A drawing that shows a place or area
What does a compass rose show?
Direction
Which lines are horizontal, and which are vertical?
Latitude = horizontal
Longitude = vertical
Which map shows country borders?
Political map
Why are maps distorted?
Because Earth is round, and you cannot perfectly flatten a sphere
What does cartography mean?
The science of making maps
Name one type of map scale
Ratio / Bar / Written
What does latitude measure?
How far north and south of the equator something is
Which map shows mountains?
Physical map
Name one of the three map projections we talked about
Mercator / Robinson / Goode
Name two things maps show
Location and distance / physical & human features
What does a map scale help us find?
Distance
What line is 0° latitude?
The equator
Which map shows population?
Thematic map
Which projection shows straight lines?
Mercator
Why are maps useful?
They help us find places, directions, and understand the world
What direction is east from north?
To the right
What line is 0° longitude?
Prime Meridian
What are thematic maps?
Maps that show specific information
Which projection minimizes distortion?
Robinson
Why do we need different kinds of maps?
Different maps show different information
Which tool helps find distance?
Scale
What are coordinates?
A location using latitude & longitude
Give an example of a thematic map
Population / climate / rainfall / vegetation
Why is Goode’s map hard to use?
Oceans are broken up