maps
These are the three types of maps geographers use.
What are political, physical, and thematic maps?
This is the number of degrees associated with 1 hr.
What is 15 degrees?
The name of the parallel at 90 degrees N
What is the North Pole
This map shows relative size accurately but distorts the shapes of landmasses
What is the Gall-Peters projection
What is later?
The name of the parallel at 23.5 degrees S
What is the tropic of Capricorn?
It is the projection used to create the Mercator map.
What is a cylindrical projection
The day advances 24 hours
What happens when you cross the IDL travelling westward?
These lines measure N and S of the equator
What is latitude?
What are longitude and latitude (geographical coordinates)?
It is 6 am in Greenwich and noon where you are.
What is 90 degrees east?
This is the reason the IDL does not follow the anti-meridian exactly.
These are the five features of a map.
What are the compass rose, the scale, the legend, the title, and the locator map.
These are two example of absolute location.
What are geographical coordinates and an address?
These are the geographic coordinates of New Orleans?
30 degrees N 90 degrees W