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Geograpy
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Boundaries
100
The study of places on earth.
What is geography?
100
The small design that shows directions on a map.
What is a compass rose?
100
Another name for a line of longitude.
What is a meridian?
100
Lines on a map that run north and south.
What are lines of longitude?
100
Shows man-made boundaries around countries.
What are political maps?
200
A basic tool for studying places of the earth.
What is a map?
200
Shows that the symbols on a map represent.
What is a map key?
200
The art of making maps.
What is cartography?
200
Early mapmakers discovered these by sailing and exploring.
What are land shapes?
200
Physical features such as mountains, rivers, and lakes on a map that separate an area.
What are natural boundaries?
300
A scientist who studies the earth.
What is a geographer?
300
The type of map that represents the earth most correctly.
What is a globe?
300
Shows land correctly along the equator.
What is the Mercator Projection?
300
The imaginary line that wraps around the center of the earth.
What is the equator?
300
A region that shares the same time.
What is a time zone?
400
Show more detail than a globe.
What is a flat map?
400
Shows information about a place as it was in the past.
What is a historical map?
400
Shows fairly accurate shapes and sizes of landmasses.
What is Goode's Interrupted Projection?
400
The Global Positioning System (GPS) uses these to provide information on latitude, longitude, altitude, and the accurate time.
What are satellites?
400
The line of longitude that is located at 0 degrees.
What is the Prime Meridian?
500
A person who believes that we should use our resources wisely.
What is a Christian geographer?
500
Compares distance on a map to distance in the real world.
What is a map scale?
500
The imaginary line of longitude in the Pacific Ocean that marks where the date changes.
What is the International Date Line?
500
Divides countries based on similar customs, languages, and beliefs.
What are cultural boundaries?