Geoterms
The precise point where a place is located on Earth
Absolute location
the place where something is or a description of where a place is
Location
Name the 4 cardinal directions
North, S, E, W
What does the Title tell the map user
the topic of the map
Brutus
OSU
where a place is located in relation to another place
relative location
what it's like at a location including human and physical characteristics
place
Which is an intermediate direction?
Southwest
West
North-South
North
Southwest
What does the global grid of longitude and latitude tell the map user?
the absolute locations of places on a map
Nittany Lion
Penn State
A change in the shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map
distortion
Region
A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs
A. parallel to the Arctic Circle
B. parallel to the Tropic of Cancer
C. from the North Pole to the South Pole
C
What does the compass rose tell a map reader
the cardinal directions on the map
Willie the Wildcat
NW
a way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface
map projection
how and why people are connected with another
Movement
Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemishphere?
North America & South America
This tells map readers what the symbols on the map stand for
Lil Red or Corn huskies
Nebraska
the study of Earth and its' features
Geography
understanding the relationship between humans and their environment
HEI
The line that marks 0 degrees longitude is the
Prime meridian
What does the map scale tell a map user?
How the distances on a map compare to the distances on earth
Goldy the Gopher
Minn