Five Themes
Map Components
Types of Maps
Sources
Latitude & Longitude
100
What is the theme where people, ideas, or things start off somewhere and end up in another place?
Movement
100
This shows the orientation (direction) on a map
Compass Rose
100
This type of map shows features such as landforms and waterbodies
Physical
100
This graph shows change over time
Line graph
100
What is the center latitude line (0 degrees latitude)
Equator
200
Examples of this theme include Hurricane Katrina, Dams, Bridges, and pollution
Interaction- Human Environment Interaction
200
This tells you what the map is about, or what part of the earth the map shows.
Title
200
This type of map shows the borders or boundaries among countries
Political
200
These types of sources are first hand accounts of what happened at a point and time in history
Primary
200
What is the center longitude line (0 degrees longitude)
Prime Meridian
300
This theme groups areas together based on physical and cultural characteristics.
Region
300
This helps to measure distance on a map
Scale
300
This type of map is a "special purpose map." It shows specific characteristics of an area.
Thematic
300
Geographers go into nature to collect data, this is also known as...
Field Work
300
The equator and prime meridian break the earth into...
Hemispheres
400
This theme includes Absolute and Relative
Location
400
This shows what symbols and colors on a map means
key/legend
400
This type of map shows the rain or snowfall
Precipitation
400
Name 3 examples of primary sources
Diary, Journal, Speech, Picture, Letter
400
Latitude lines are also called
Parellels
500
What is the acronym for the five themes, and what are they?
Mr. Lip, Movement, Region, Location, Interaction, & Place
500
These are the directions between the cardinal directions: northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest
Intermediate
500
This type of map shows the goods and services of a region.
Economic
500
This source is a drawing that shows what something is or how something is done
Diagram
500
Longitude lines run...
North-South
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