Map Components
shows distance on the earth by a small measurement of distance on the map
scale
What is the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create?
Geography
the location of a place in reference to its surrounding environment
Relative Location
How humans impact the environment and how the environment impacts humans is called what?
Human-Environment Interaction
shows cardinal directions on a map
Compass Rose
lines that run north and south of the equator
latitude
the location of place using exact coordinates of the grid
Absolute Location
Linear, Time, and Psychological are all types of which theme?
Movement
tells what symbols mean on a map
legend/key
lines that run meet at the poles
longitude
This theme asks how places are similar or different
Region
Question, "What is it like?"
Place
smaller map set within the border of a larger map
inset map
DAILY DOUBLE - 800 POINTS!!!
the human and physical features of an area of land
landscape
Type of region with a limited number of similar characteristics
Formal Region
"The middle school is 1 block west of the grade school." is an example of?
Relative Location
pattern of lines of longitude and latitude in the coordinate system
grid
A mapmaker is called what?
cartographer
Region characterized by interaction between people and places
Functional Region
Wearing a coat in the arctic circle
Human-Environment Interaction