Maps vs. Globes
Reading a Map
Directions
Types of Maps
Map Mania
100
This is a flat picture of a place.
What is a map?
100
A box that shows what all the symbols on a map represent
What is a legend or key?
100
This shows direction on a map
What is a compass rode?
100
Shows landforms
What is physical?
100
The only continent that is in all 4 hemispheres
What is Africa?
200
This is a model of the earth.
What is a globe?
200
This shows how far apart things are in real life, in comparison to how far apart they are on a map.
What is scale?
200
There are this many cardinal directions on a map.
What is 4?
200
Shows roads
What is political?
200
The number of continents on Earth
What is seven?
300
Half of the globe is called this.
What is a hemisphere?
300
These are imaginary vertical & horizontal lines accross a globe or map.
What are latitude & longitude?
300
In addition to cardinal directions, there are directions that fall between them. These are called this type of directions.
What are intermediate?
300
Shows what the temperature is usually like
What is climate?
300
Name one of the most common map projections
What is Robinson, Mercator, or Interrupted?
400
There are this many hemispheres on Earth.
What is 4?
400
This line separates the northern and southern hemispheres on a map or globe.
What is the equator?
400
Name the four cardinal directions.
What are North, South, East, and West?
400
Shows how many people live in a place
What is population?
400
We used these 2 types of fruits when learning about maps & globes
What are apples and oranges (mandarins)?
500
When making the round earth into a flat map, mapmakers distort the map in different ways, called these.
What are projections?
500
This line separates the eastern & western hemispheres on a map or globe.
What is the Prime Meridian?
500
Name the 4 intermediate directions.
What are NE, SE, NW, and SW?
500
Shows what natural resources or products come from a place
What is economic?
500
In one of our lessons, we looked at a map of this state, where Miss Anderson grew up.
What is Pennsylvania?
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