Geography Skills
Where is the northern hemisphere? Point at it on the board.
The Northern hemisphere is the top half of the world.
What type of maps shows features of an area, like mountains, rivers, and lakes?
Physical Map
What number is South America?
#2
What is latitude?
Lines that go around the globe. Measures how far north or south a point lies from the equator.
Geobucks!
Where is the western hemisphere? Point at it on the board.
The Western hemisphere is the left half of the world.
What type of map shows major highways, airports, cities, railroad tracks, and local points?
Road map
What is number 10?
The Atlantic Ocean
What is longitude?
Lines that point from top to bottom of the globe. Measures how far east or west a point lies from the prime meridian.
What are the current assignments in Unit 2?
Where is the Eastern hemisphere? Point at it on the board.
The Eastern hemisphere is the right half of the world.
What map shows elevation or height of an area?
Topographical map
What number is Asia?
#4
What is the prime meridian?
The earth's zero of longitude, which passes through Greenwich, England.
Where is the most accurate place to find missing assignments
Skyward
Where is the Southern hemisphere? Point at it on the board.
The Southern hemisphere is the bottom half of the world.
What kind of map would show distribution of various resources?
What number is the Pacific Ocean?
#8
What is the equator?
An imaginary line around the middle of a planet or other celestial body. It is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole, at 0 degrees latitude. It divides the planet into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere.
When can you turn a late assignment in?
Before the end of the unit.
Can I have a South Eastern hemisphere?
No, there are only four hemispheres, Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western. They do not interact.
What is a political map?
Shows countries, borders, or major cities.
What is number 12?
Southern Ocean
What is scale?
The direct connection between a unit of measurement (such as an inch), and the actual distance.
Do I take off points for late assignments?
No.