Only a globe can show direction, distance, shape, and _______________ with accuracy at the same time.
What is size?
100
Each time zone is about ______________ miles when measured at the Equator.
What is 1,000?
200
The starting point of latitude. Divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
200
Maps are drawn so that a certain distance on the map represents a much larger distance on the earth. This is called....
What is scale?
200
What lines of latitude are also called.
What are parallels?
200
A way of showing the rounded earth on a flat piece of paper.
What is a map projection?
200
Number of time zones in the continental United States.
What is four?
300
A large area of land where the highest elevation is generally the same.
What is a plateau?
300
The intermediate directions.
What are northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.
300
Australia is located in these two hemispheres.
What are Southern and Eastern hemispheres?
300
On a Mercator projection the latitude lines get farther apart as you move away from the Equator. This means that distances are __________________.
What is inaccurate?
300
Whenever you cross a time zone going east, the time becomes one hour ___________.
What is later?
400
A narrow piece of land that joins two larger areas of land.
What is an isthmus?
400
If one inch equals 500 miles, this is what 3.5 inches equals.
What is 1,750 miles?
400
South America is located ______________ of Europe.
What is southwest?
400
A _______________ projection is good for showing small areas midway between the Equator and the Poles.
What is a conic projection?
400
The four time zones in the continental United States.
What are Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific?
500
Another name for longitude lines.
What are meridians?
500
If 3 inches equals 675 miles, then 1 inch equals this.
What is 225 miles?
500
Africa has the ________________ Ocean to its east and the _________________ Ocean to its west.
What are Indian and Atlantic?
500
On a planar projection, the size and shape of landmasses are __________________.
What is distorted?
500
Your flight leaves Boston at 5:00am. It takes 1 hour to fly to New York City. You have a 1 hour layover. Your next flight to San Francisco, CA takes 5.5 hours. What time is it when you land in San Francisco?