this map feature relates a distance on the map to a distance on Earth's surface
What is a scale
100
the hemisphere(s) Lima, Peru is located at if it its location is (12 degrees S, 77 degrees W)
What is south and western hemispheres
100
type of map that shows elevation, relief, and slope
What is topographic
100
A spherical model of the Earth's surface
What is a globe
100
This type of landform has a low elevation and a mostly flat surface
What is a plain
200
A landform that has high elevation and a more less level surface
What is a plateau
200
the point on Earth's surface that has the location of (0 degrees longitude, 0 degrees latitude)
What is where the equator crosses the prime meridian
200
V-shaped lines pointing uphill indicate this feature
What is a valley or stream
200
lines of longitude come together at these 2 points north and south
What is the poles
200
Plains, plateaus, and mountains are 3 different types of ________
What are landforms
300
The number of degrees you would travel if you started at the equator, traveled due south, and ended up at the South Pole
What is 90
300
The vast, flat or gently rolling grassland in the interior of North America
What is the Great Plains
300
Louisiana is part of this landform region
What is coastal plains
300
This is the one thing that the equator and prime meridian have in common
What is they both divide the globe into hemispheres
300
The difference between the highest and lowest elevations of a landform is called ___________
What is relief
400
The major difference between a coastal plain and an interior plain
What is elevation
400
New Orleans, Louisiana, and Cairo, Egypt, are nearly the same distance north of the equator. This means that the two cities have almost the same __________________
What is line of latitude
400
high elevation and level surface describes which type of landform
What is plateau
400
The change in elevation from one contour to another
What is contour interval
500
The advantage of this type of map projection is that Earth is shown on a flat surface (the landmasses are somewhat distorted, however)