Vocabulary
What do we call a representation of the Earth on a flat piece of paper?
Projection
Map Denver CO on your red map.
39 N 105 W
How far is it from Amarillo to Lubbock TX? (Round to the nearest 50)
About 100 miles
What hemisphere is Europe in?
Northeastern
What symbol usually represents a capital city?
a star with a circle around it
What term tells an approximate location by comparing it to someplace else
(Ex: next to Paris)
Relative location
Map Tulsa, OK on your red map.
36 N 95 W
How far is it from San Antonio to Houston, TX?
175 miles
What hemisphere is South America in?
How would a map show that Boston was a bigger city than North Andover?
It would be written larger
What do we call the lines that run perpendicular to the equator (run North and South but measure East and West)
lines of Longitude
Map Lincoln NE on your red map.
40 N 96 W
How far is it from El Paso to Pecos, TX? (Round to the nearest 50 miles)
150 miles
What hemisphere is North America in?
North Western
What continent is Canada in?
North America
What do we call the unit of measure that determines the exact location of a place?
degree
Map Jackson, Mississippi on your red map.
32 N 90 W
How far is it from San Antonio to Vega, TX?
425 miles
What hemisphere is Antarctica in?
Southern
What does a legend tell us?
What the colors or symbols on a map mean
What do we call the line near the equator at 23.5 degrees North?
Tropic of Cancer
Map Charleston, SC on your red map.
32 N 79 W
How far is it from Carrizo Springs to Cotulla, TX?
50 miles
What hemisphere is the equator in?
None! Trick question!
What two directions do lines of latitude measure?
North and South