Tools
Physical Divisions of Earth
Map Projections
Map Types
Reading a Map
100

A 3-d model of the Earth

What is Globe

100

The amount of continents in the world

What is Seven

100

A projection on a flat surface that distorts the surface

What is Planar Projection

100

A map that shows boundaries

What is political map

100

A line that runs east and west in the middle of the earth

What is equator

200

A tool that tells direction

What is Compass

200

The amount of oceans in the world

What is Five

200

A projection on the cone that distorts the edges

What is Conical Projection
200

A map that shows natural physical features

What is Physical Map

200

A line that runs north and south in the middle of the earth

What is Prime Meridian

300

A 2-d representation of an area

What is Map

300

The amount of quadrants in the Earth

What is Four

300

A type of projection projected onto a cylindar

What is a Compromise Projection

300

Shows information based off a theme

What is Thematic Map

300

Lines north and south of the equator that run east and west

What is Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

400

A navigational tool

What is GIS

400

The continents of the world

What is North america, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica

400

The purpose of map projections

What is to show landmasses without distortion

400

The amount of map types

What is Three

400

Lines that run east and west and measure north and south

What is Lines of Latitude

500

Technology that creates data layers

what is GIS

500

The oceans of the world

What is Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic

500

The different types of Compromise Projections

Mercator, Homolosine, Robinson

500

The three types of thematic maps

What is Qualitative, Cartogram, and Flow-Line

500

Lines that run north and south and measure east and west

What is Lines of longitude