Maps
This map shows manmade items such as buildings and highways
Political map
Location, Place, Movement, and Regions
What continent is Dansville in?
North America
What is the difference between a hill and a mountain?
A hill is smaller and rounder than a mountain
What are the four cardinal directions?
North East South West
This map shows natural items such as landmarks
Physical map
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
Absolute location is a place's exact coordinates, Relative location is the place in comparison to the places around it.
What landforms will you find in Dansville?
Valleys, plains, hills
List five landforms
Mountain, Hill, Plateau, plain, river, canyon, valley...
What directions are the lines of latitude?
East to West
This map uses the colors blue and green
Physical map
What is the RELATIVE location of Dansville?
South of Rochester, North of Hornell
Name one region in Dansville
North Dansville, Main Street, West Sparta, East hill
This landform is a very large body of salt water. These make up three-fourths of the earth.
Ocean
What directions are the lines of longitude?
North to South
Why are bright colors used on political maps?
Bright colors make political maps easier to read
What is Human Environmental Interaction?
How people use, adapt, or change to their environment.
This big city is North of Dansville
Rochester
This landform is an area of land between mountains
Valley
Is Dansville in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere?
Northern
Give two examples of people who may use physical maps
Mountain climbers
pilots
hikers
Name the five themes of geography
Location, Place, Movement, Human Environmental Interaction, and Regions
How did Dansville create a community to adapt to their environment (human environmental interaction)
Create roads, housing, and businesses
created community in the middle of the valley
electricity comes from the mountains
This landform is a large area of land surrounded by water on three sides
Peninsula
Is Dansville in the Eastern or Western Hemisphere?
Western