Cartography
Cartography is the science of making what?
Maps
What does a compass rose show?
Direction
What type of map shows physical characteristics?
Physical Map
What is a low place between mountains?
Valley
Which state is a peninsula?
Florida
Before modern technology, what did early mapmakers use as information for their maps?
Observations & Stories from Sailors
What shows distance on a map?
Scale
What type of map shows information such as cities or state borders?
Political
What is the name for land that is totally surrounded by water?
Island
What are the four cardinal directions?
North, South, East, and West
What Egyption Cartography published the first atlas, known as Geographia?
Ptolemy
What helps readers interpret symbols on a map?
Map Key
What type of map shows how much above or below sea level a location is?
Elevation Map
What is the name for land surrounded by water on three sides?
Peninsula
What is the name for an area that shares physical or human characteristics?
Region
What was the flaw with Mercator's map?
He drew Africa and South America too small.
What is another name for longitude lines?
Meridians
What type of map might show Civil War battle locations?
Historical Map
Which biome is a very dry area?
Desert
Which biome is a cold, treeless area?
Tundra
What organization, founded in 1888, promotes understanding of the Earth's geography?
National Geographic Society
What type of line measures how far north or south a place is from the equator?
Latitude
Population maps are an example of what type of map?
Special Purpose Maps
What is the name of a slow-moving river of ice on land?
Glacier
What river runs from Minnesota all the way to the Gulf of Mexico?
Mississippi