Maps
5 Themes
Hemispheres
Latitude/Longitude
Mix Bag
Vocabulary
100

This part of the map tells you the directions

Compass

100

This theme of geography explains what an area is like

Place

100

North America is located in which two hemispheres? 

Northern and Western 

100

51 N, 0

Atlas 

Where is London, England

100

Name the four oceans

Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, and Indian

100

A ________ is a model of the earth

Globe

200

This part of the map tells you what all of the symbols mean

Legend or Key

200

Rye Neck is North  of NYC, and East of White Plains. This is an example of what theme of geography.

Location

200

The equator splits the earth into which two hemispheres?

Northern and Southern

200

Moscow, Russia


Atlas page 

56N, 30E

200

Name 3 of the 5 themes of geography

Movement, Location, Place, Region, Human Environment Interaction

200

_____________ describes the earth's exact position on earth.

Absolute location

300

This is where you look to find out what the map is about

Title

300

Areas with similar characteristics are grouped into these

Regions

300

The Prime Meridian splits which two hemispheres in half?

Eastern and Western

300

Cairo, Egypt


Atlas

30N, 30E

300

Does latitude or longitude run North to South?

Longitude

300

Lines of latitude are also called ___________.

parallels 

400

These lines run East to West on a globe or map

Latitude

400

The study of people and goods traveling from place to place is studying this theme

Movement

400

Australia is in which hemispheres?

Southern and Eeastern

400

Honolulu, Hawaii

21N, 157W

400

Does latitude or longitude measure how far north or south a place is?

Latitude

400

A collection of maps is called a(n) __________.

Atlas

500

This part of the map tells you how many miles each inch represents

Scale

500

Building bridges, buildings, pyramids, or ditches are examples of what?

Human Environment Interaction

500

Antarctica is located in which hemispheres?

Southern, Western and Eastern

500

26S, 28E

Johannesburg, South Africa

500

This place is in all four hemispheres in the world

Africa

500

Geography is the study of the relationship between __________ and __________.

Humans and the environment