Lines on the Globe
This imaginary line extends around the center of the Earth at 0 degrees latitude
What is the equator?
This is a sphere-shaped model of the earth.
Globe
This is a physical feature such as a mountain, desert, or valley.
What is a landform?
This map allows you to compare and contrast the elevations of different areas.
What is an elevation map?
These lines are evenly spaced and extend around the globe north and south of the equator.
What are latitude lines?
This is one half of Earth.
What is a hemisphere?
This is an open area of flat land.
What is a plain?
This map shows areas that share similar physical or human characteristics.
What is a region map?
These lines extend around the globe between the North Pole and the South Pole.
What are longitude lines?
This describes where a place is compared with another place
What is relative location?
This map shows information such as landforms and bodies of water
What is a physical map?
This map shows a particular time from the past.
What is a historical map?
This imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude divides Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian?
This is the exact location of a place and it does not change.
What is absolute location?
This is the distance or height of land above sea level.
What is elevation?
You need to find out which areas of a country are mountainous and which are flat. This type of map would be most helpful.
What is an elevation map or physical map?
One set of lines circles north and south of the equator, while another set runs between the poles. Name both types of lines
What are latitude and longitude?
One type of location is exact and never changes; the other describes where something is compared to another place. Name both types.
What are absolute location and relative location?
This feature on a map shows high and low places by using different colors and shading.
What is relief?
One map shows landforms and water, another shows height above sea level, and a third shows events from long ago. Name all three map types.
What are physical map, elevation map, and historical map?