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Longitude & Latitude
Relative/Absolute Location
Vocabulary
100
Latitude rhymes with ______________________ and those lines are sometime called ________________________.
Fatitude Parallels
100
Name the four hemispheres. What are the cardinal directions? What are the intermediate directions?
Northern NESW Southern NE, NW, SE, SW Eastern Western
100
What is located at 120 degrees E and 52 degrees North?
Asia
100
Australia is ______________________ of Asia and near the _____________________ ocean to the North and the _______________________ ocean to it's south.
Northeast of Asia Pacific Southern
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! What is........
A cartographer is someone who makes/creates maps.
200
Latitude lines measure the distance _________________ and ______________________ of the equator.
North and South
200
The Prime Meridian breaks the world into which two hemispheres? What side is each on?
Eastern & Western Eastern to the right Western to the left
200
What continent is located at 135 degrees E and 30 degrees South?
Australia
200
Africa in near....
The Atlantic ocean to the west, Europe to the North, the Indian Ocean and is Southwest of Asia.
200
When the question asks you to find the border what does that mean? What if they say they want you to find the "international border? Does this change this and why?
Border is a boundary line where two things meet. Like water meeting up with the land. An international border is a Nations border, meaning they want you to find the boundary lines of that country and where is meets up with other countries or bodies of water. So it can change things.
300
Longitude lines are long and run _____________________ to ____________________________ and _________________ at the poles.
North to South or South to North intersect or meet
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Go to the board and label the directional indicator with the cardinal and intermediate directions. Then put the famous lines of latitude in order from North to South.
See Board
300
What ocean is located at 75 degrees E and 60 degrees South?
The Southern Ocean?
300
The Indian Ocean is _______________ the continent of Africa and Asia.
Next to...
300
What is the difference between a Key and a Legend? Provide an example.
There is no difference. They can both show symbols on the map so you know what things are.
400
Another name for longitude lines is.... The most famous line of longitude is called....
Meridian The Prime Meridian
400
What are the cardinal directions? What are the intermediate directions?
N,E,S, W NE SE NW SW
400
What is located at 0 degrees latitude and 22 degrees E on the globe?
The continent of Africa.
400
Antarctica is by the _____________________ circle and sits on the _______________________.
Antarctic Circle South Pole
400
What is the difference between something that is landlocked verses and island?
An island is surrounded by water on all sides. Landlocked means it is surrounded by water on all sides.
500
The most famous line of latitude is called the ...... it lines at ___________________ degrees latitude.
Equator Zero
500
What is the difference between a physical map and a political map? Give examples of what they both show.
Physical Map- shows water and landforms Political Map- Used to show boundaries and borders. Physical Map Ex: mts. - rivers- pampas- grasslands- volcanoes, lakes, etc. Poltical Maps- Countries boundaries, Provinces Boundaries, Borders between countries, and boundary lines of continents.
500
Using your study guide question #4- What order should the ocean and continents go in from South to North?
500
What is the difference between relative and absolute location?
Relative location uses words like near, by, at the corner of, across from to give the location of a place. Absolute location provides coordinates or specific addresses to find a location of a precise place. It is exact.
500
What does a CLIMATE MAP show? How is it different from a weather map? Bonus:200 Extra Bucks if you can answer this final part of the question.... Name 3 types of climates
A climate map shows precipitation, like snow fall and rainfall and temperatures. The difference is climate maps show the climate not just the weather for the week. Climate maps show the average conditions of the weather over time. Tropical - Polar- Temperate