Map Skills - 1
The word “Geography” came from which two Greek words?
"geo" (Earth) and "graphos" (to write). Geography literally means the description of Earth.
What are the four cardinal directions?
north, east, south, west
What is geography?
Geography is the science that studies the features of the Earth and its connection to people and the environment.
one of the seven large landmasses on Earth
Continent
We live in which two hemispheres?
Northern Hemisphere & Western Hemisphere
The imaginary horizontal line around the middle of the Earth’s surface.
The equator
What type of map shows land and water features?
Physical map
large natural stream of water that runs through the land
River
List at least 5 of the 9 map features.
Title, compass rose, symbols, legend, lines of longitude, lines of latitude, scale, labels, colors
The vertical imaginary lines that tell the location east or west of the Prime Meridian.
Longitude
What type of map shows the names and boundaries of countries (or sub-national boundaries)?
Political map
a chain of rocks, coral or sand at or near the surface of the water
Reef
The horizontal imaginary lines that tell the location north or south of the Equator.
Latitude
Another name for 0 degrees longitude that runs through Greenwich, England
Prime Meridian
What type of map shows themes and patterns?
Special-purpose map
body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water
Peninsula
What are time zones?
The Earth is divided into 24 time zones, one for every hour of the day. The time zones run north-south (along lines of longitude), each taking up about 15 degrees of longitude.
Which gives the most accurate representation of the Earth? (Map or globe). WHY?
Globe because maps distort the distance and size of the Earth's surface while the globe shows the accurate distance and size of the places on the Earth.
What are the Five Themes of Geography?
Location - Where is it?
Place - What is it like?
Human/environment interaction - What is the relationship between people and their surroundings?
Movement - How do people in one area affect people in other areas?
Region - What common features does a certain area share?
narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water
Strait