Vocabulary
True or False
Moving Through the World
Understanding a Map
Mapping the Past
100
The surface or physical features of an area.
What is topography
100
Diffusion occurs when people change their land to make farming easier.
False
100
Movement that is temporary and happens over and over in a cycle
What is cyclic movement
100
A flat representation of the earth surface
What is a map
100
Why did people begin to reach out beyond their borders
The desire to trade
200
The general pattern of weather in an area over time
What is climate
200
The climate region of northeastern China is heavily populated
True
200
Movement that is to a new place for a period of time, returning to the original place
What is periodic
200
Imaginary lines that run north to south on the globe
What is lines of longitude
200
What knowledge did Hippalus use to shorten his route to India?
What is knowledge of geography and monsoons
300
Areas that have similar characteristics that differ from surrounding areas
What is region
300
All maps have the same scale so people can see the distance between two cities
False
300
Moving permanently to a new place
What is migration
300
Imaginary lines that run east to west on the globe
What is lines of lattitude
300
What is one of the oldest existing maps and where was it found?
What is a clay map and Iraq
400
The relationship between distance on a map and actual distance on the earth
What is scale
400
Ancient cartographers had difficulty making maps of areas that were far away from their homelands
True
400
What is the spread of ideas, values, and inventions of one culture into another culture?
What is diffusion
400
Name the four hemispheres
What is northern, southern, western, eastern
400
Name two early scientific instruments that helped ancient people negotiate travel?
What is a astrolabe and a gnomon
500
A map that shows information on a special theme or subject
What is a thematic map
500
The legend on a map explains how the world is divided into hemispheres
False
500
What is the dividing line between regions, countries, or other areas of the world
What is boundaries
500
What explains the symbols used on a map
What is a legend
500
How did Alexander the Great improve map making
He took geographers, historians, astronomers and bematistae (steppers)
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