Types of maps
How many types of maps did we learn about?
What are the 4 important parts of a map we learned about?
Tell whether the following question is relative or absolute location: The longitude and latitude of Perth is 31.9554 degrees South and 115.8585 degrees East.
This is Absolute location.
How can we describe a place?
by using physical and human characteristics that make a place unique.
What is human environment interaction?
How people depend, adapt, and change their environment.
Name the three types of maps we learned about.
physical, political, and thematic
The purpose of a map's title
tells us what the map is about.
How can we describe a region?
By using physical and human characteristics that all places share.
What is movement?
The moving of people, goods, and ideas.
A physical map shows what ...
the natural features of our Earth (ex. mountains, rivers, deserts, forests)
The purpose of legend on a map
its explains the symbols and colors on a map.
Give me two examples of a human or a physical feature of a place.
Pyramids, Kangaroo, Eifel Tower, Sphynx.
Give me two examples how someone might depend on their environment.
clean air, water, stable food and climate.
A political map shows ...
boundaries, cities, states, countries.
The purpose of a scale on a map
shows the relationship between distance on a map and real distance.
True or False: Location means where something is.
True
Give me two examples of a human or a physical feature of a region.
ex. weather, deserts, mountains, language, culture, religion.
Give me two examples how humans might move around?
plane, car, train, bus, ship
A thematic map shows what?
Give an example.
how one area is different from another.
ex. weather, population, time zone and etc.
The purpose of a compass
helps us understand where things are located (north, south, east, west)
Relative or Absolute: Perth, Australia is about 10,000 mile from Sheboygan, WI in the USA.
Relative
Is New York City a place or a region?
place
Cutting down forests to clear land to grow crops is an example of depending, adapting or modifying the environment.
modifying