Directions
what are Cardinal Directions?
Cardinal Directions are north, south, west and east.
what is Geography?
Geography is the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.
What is a map Key?
A list of symbols that appear on the map to represent something else.
What is a Gulf?
A gulf is a portion of the ocean that penetrates land.
What is a Lake?
A large body of water surrounded by land.
What is a Compass Rose?
A symbol on a map that shows the directions north, west, south, and east.
What is an Equator?
An imaginary line around the middle of a planet or other celestial body.
What is a Map Scale?
It refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground- map scale.
What is a Harbor?
A harbor is a body of water sheltered by natural or artificial barriers. Harbors can provide safe anchorage and permit the transfer of cargo and passengers between ships and the shore.
What is an Island?
An island is a body of land surrounded by water.
What are the four intercardinal directions?
northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest
What is a bay?
A broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward.
What is a Canal?
An artificial waterway designed for navigation that people could cross the water with boats or ships.
What is a Cape?
A cape is a high point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean.
what is a Peninsula?
The portion of a land that is nearby water that is connected to a larger body by an isthmus.
What are Lines of Longitude?
Imaginary lines that divide the Earth. They run north to south from pole to pole, but they measure the distance east or west.
What is the Prime Meridian?
A geographical reference line that passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England.
What are Degrees?
A unit of latitude or longitude used to define points on the earth's surface or on the celestial sphere.
What is a Delta?
Wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water.
What is a Lock or Loch?
A loch is a lake or an inlet of the sea.
What are lines of Lines of Latitude?
Lines of Latitude are imaginary lines that divide the Earth. They run east to west, but measure your distance north or south.
What is Archipelago?
A group of islands.
What is a Distortion on a map?
The misrepresentation of shape, area, distance, or direction of or between geographic features when compared to their true measurements on the curved surface of the earth.
What is a Fjord?
A fjord is a long, deep, narrow body of water that reaches far inland.
What is an Isthmus?
An isthmus is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated.