Vocabulary
The EXACT location of any place on Earth.
What is ABSOLUTE LOCATION?
The place on a map where you can find out what symbols (like stars, or dotted lines) mean on a map.
What is the KEY or the LEGEND?
The lines that run from East to West on a map or globe.
What are LATITUDES or PARALLELS?
The continent where we live.
What is NORTH AMERICA?
The newest ocean on Earth
What is THE SOUTHERN OCEAN?
When the round Earth is flattened into a map, the places on the map are stretched out. This is a called...
What is DISTORTION?
Explains what the entire map is about.
What is the TITLE?
The up and down lines on a map or globe that run from North or South.
What are LONGITUDES or MERIDIANS?
If you go to the beach in Virginia, the ocean that you swim in is ....
What is THE ATLANTIC OCEAN?
The amount of hours it takes the Earth to rotate.
What is 24?
Represents the Earth on a flat surface
What is a MAP PROJECTION?
The ruler on a map that helps you know distance between places in real life
What is the SCALE?
The imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude, that splits the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is the EQUATOR?
This continent is also its own country and an island.
What is AUSTRALIA?
In the Northern hemisphere it is Autumn, what season is it in the Southern hemisphere?
What is SPRING?
Using a familiar landmark, like a school or a store to explain the location of a nearby place.
What is the RELATIVE LOCATION?
Shows directions on a map (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, and WEST).
What is the COMPASS ROSE?
The line that splits the Eastern and Western hemispheres and lies at 0 degrees longitude.
What is the PRIME MERIDIAN?
The coldest continent.
What is ANTARCTICA?
The amount of time it takes the Earth to go around the sun.
What is 365 AND 1/4 DAYS?
The study of the world around us.
What is GEOGRAPHY?
Latitude and Longitude lines form a ___________ on a map so that you can easily find locations.
What is a GRID?
The series of latitude and longitude lines that form a framework on the entire Earth...
What is THE GLOBAL GRID?
These two continents are connected.
What are EUROPE and ASIA?
The name of the projection that shows the poles the most accurately?
What is the LAMBERT projection?