Maps
What is the name for the problem that flat maps have with depicting a globe?
Distortion
Another name for 0 degrees latitude
Equator
Who made the first recognizable map?
Ptolemy
relations between people and environment
Interaction
What is the largest continent by population?
Asia
What shows directions and orientation on a map?
Compass Rose
Another name for the line of longitude that runs through Greenwich England
Prime Meridian
Who first studied Geography?
The Greeks
Movement is....
•Movement of people, goods, ideas, diseases etc.
Is Australia north or south of the equator?
south
What map shows elevation and shape?
Topographical map
Another name for lines of longitude
Meridians
Published a map in 1569
Gerhardus Mercator
physical traits, human traits( roads, mountains, rivers)
Place
What is the northernmost ocean?
Arctic Ocean
What are the lines that seperate color on relief maps to show differing depth?
Contour lines
Who came up with the idea of Longitude?
The English
Theory that the sun is the center of the universe?
Heliocentric
Location is......
•either specific or relates to surrounding area
•
The nation of Algeria can be found on what continent?
Africa
Map that shows more distortion towards the poles
Mercator Projection
Name of longitudinal line that seperates one day from the next
International Date Line
US contributions to mapmaking: Name at least two
GPS, Ocean Mapping,Pole Mapping , more detailed maps
formal boundaries/disbuted boundaries
Region
True or false, Mt Kilimanjaro , Africa's largest mountain is a volcano
True