Tools
They show the world as it really is - just smaller
Globes
What country is the Eiffel Tower located?
France.
What do you call the area or symbol of a map that shows N, E, W, S...? Often looks like a "star".
Compass.
What is the location on Earth that inspired the location of Spongebob's town?
Bikini Atoll.
Social Science or Social Studies.
Showing the round Earth on these flat tools distorts some details.
Maps.
What is the name of the smallest country in the world? A country within a country...
Vatican City is a country within Italy.
What do you call an area that has some houses but usually more apartments, many businesses, little to no farms, and often lots of people.
Urban or Urban Area.
What is the name of the 2 locations where the US dropped atomic bombs in Japan?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What is the name of the CURRENT 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Social Studies teachers?
The science of making maps or the name given to people that are map makers.
Cartographer
When you talk about US states, what are 2 states that are non-contiguous?
Alaska, Hawaii.
What type of located is described when you have an actual street address or GPS coordinates?
Absolute Location.
If you were to go from London to Paris... this is about the same distance as...
Milton Freewater to Portland, Oregon.
What is the currency/money called in MOST of Europe but not the UK?
What do you call the area of a map that describes how to read it? (For example shows that 1 inch = 1 mile, what the symbol for the capital city looks like, the meaning of the colors on the map, etc.)
Legend
We covered this location earlier in the year... one of the coldest on the planet and you have to insulate pipes, cars, etc. because of the cold. People sometimes swim in the ice!!
Siberia, Russia.
What do you call the type of map in Geography that shows landforms like bodies of water, mountains, rivers and other natural features? It often does NOT show cities, lines between states/countries.
Physical Map.
This is the longest river in the world is called ____ _____ ______ and it is in the country of __________?
The Nile River, Egypt
What is the currency/money called in the UK?
Pound or Pound Sterling.
The science of making maps or the name given to people that are map makers.
Cartography or Cartographer.
This culture group is thought to have come from the north before they settled on a lake. They acted as "mercenaries" before they were an empire. They had many gods including one inspired by the Axolotl. Name of the group and the country...
The Aztecs of Mexico.
What do you call the type of map that shows governments, borders between places, cities, towns names, often used colors, and is much less concerned about things like mountains, rivers, lakes, and oceans?
Political Map.
Which mountain range begins in Canada and stretches all the way down to New Mexico...
The Rocky Mountains
Name three tools geographers use.
Globes, Maps, Satellites, Rulers,Spreadsheets...