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Earth Study
Understanding Maps
Types of Maps
pot pourri
Continents and Colorado
100
a hemisphere
What is half of a sphere called?
100
a compass rose
What do we call a diagram of a compass showing directions?
100
it shows physical, or natural features such as mountains, rivers, and elevation.
What does a physical map show?
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! units that measure the size of angles
What is a degree?
100
Australia
Which is the island continent?
200
north, south, east and west
What are the cardinal directions?
200
scale bar
What shows how much space on a map represents a given distance on the land?
200
It shows political units such as countries or states.
What is a political map?
200
90 degrees north
Where is the north pole?
200
blue, gold, white, and red
What colors are in the flag of Colorado?
300
equator
What is another name for zero degrees of latitude?
300
key
What explains the symbols and shading on a map?
300
it shows the location or distribution of human or physical features such as weather patterns, highways, and where to find elephants.
What is a special purpose map?
300
human and non human features of the earth.
What do geographers study?
300
Because they go all the way from the north pole to the south pole
Why do we say that lines of longitude are long?
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! Northern and Western Hemisphere
In what 2 hemispheres do you live?
400
This shows shows where the area on the main map is.
What is a locator map?
400
height above sea level
What is elevation?
400
The number of degrees east or west of the prime meridian that something is.
What do lines of longitude tell you?
400
line of longitude
I intersect at the poles.
500
Latitude is the distance north or south of the equator. Longitude is the distance east or west of the prime meridian.
What is the difference between lines of latitude and lines of longitude?
500
compass rose, locator map, key, and scale bar.
What are the 4 basic parts of a map that we studied?
500
Mount McKinley
What is the highest mountain in the USA?
500
Half way between the north pole and the equator.
Where is 45 degrees north?
500
Asia
What is the largest continent?