Elements of a Map
What map element shows the directions north, south, east, and west?
Compass Rose
This is used to represent different kinds of information. For example: land vs. oceans
Colors
What line of latitude runs east to west around the middle of the Earth?
Equator
What is a large landmass on Earth's surface?
A continent
Describe "Region"
A group of place that have common characteristics.
What map element explains what the symbols and colors on the map represent?
Legend
What hemispheres does the prime meridian break the Earth into?
The Eastern and Western hemisphere
What lines run east to west and measure north and south?
Describe the difference between a globe and a map.
A globe is 3D and a map is 2D
Describe "Movement".
How people, ideas, and animals move from one place to another.
What map element shows how much distance on the Earth is represented by the distance on the map?
Scale
What hemispheres does the equator break the Earth into?
The northern and southern hemisphere
What lines run north to south and measure east to west?
Longitude lines
There are ___ degrees east of the prime meridian and ____ degrees west.
180
Describe Human-Environmental Interaction
How people and environment affect each other.
What is the purpose of a map title?
To tell the subject of the map
At what degree is the prime meridian measured at?
0
What longitude line separates the eastern and western hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
At what degree is the equator measured at?
0
What is the difference between "Location" and "Place"?
Location is an exact point. Place describes the characteristics.
Imaginary vertical lines that measure the distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.
lines of longitude
Imaginary horizontal lines that that measure the distance north and south of the equator
Lines of latitude
The north pole is located at _____ degrees north.
90
What are the six elements of geography?
The world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, and the uses of geography
Name the 5 themes of geography
Movement, Region, Human-environmental Interaction, Location, Place