describes what the map is about-the main idea of the map
What is TITLE?
100
imaginary lines that run east to west that never cross and has the equator as its center, measures distances north and south of the equator
What are lines of latitude?
100
shows features such as those that humans have created, for example, cities, states, boundries
What is political maps?
100
maps often do this (no matter the purpose of the map) which often makes the map look different based on its actual SHAPE, AREA, DISTANCE, and DIRECTION
What is distort?
200
describes how people, goods, ideas, and animals get from one place to another
What is movement?
200
Explains the meaning of the symbols of a map
What is a KEY/LEGEND?
200
half the earth
What is hemisphere? (or What are hemispheres?)
200
shows the amount of people within a given area
What is a population density map?
200
ways of showing Earth's curved surface on a flat map
What is projection?
300
describes the unique human and/or physical features of a location
What is place?
300
measures the distance on a map
What is SCALE?
300
runs through Greenwich, England and 0 degrees longitude, splits the Earth "vertically"
What is the prime meridian?
300
shows the natural features of a given area on the planet
What is a physical map?
300
geographers often answer questions to find these
What are geographic patterns?
400
how people modify, adapt, or rely on nature
What is human environment interaction?
400
identifies the directions on a map
What is COMPASS ROSE?
400
center line of latitude, 0 degrees latitude, splits the world in half "horizontally"
What is the equator?
400
the type of map that would probably show the Rocky Mountains or elevation of a places
What is a physical map?
400
geographers often do this when spatially thinking
What is ask questions?
500
describes an area with places that share similar human and/or physical features
What is region?
500
how cartographers often identify unique places on a map
What are SYMBOLS?
500
imaginary lines that run north and south and cross at the North and South Poles, measures distances east and west of the prime meridian
What are lines of longitude?
500
would use color to identify where a country ended and another country or body of water would begin
What is a political map?
500
after organizing the responses to questions, geographers often use these types of computer-based systems to categorize there findings