5 Themes of Geography
The way people good and ideas move from place to another
What is Longitude lines?
Smallest Continent
What is Australia?
This tells us about the past
What is History Maps?
This component helps tells us the relationship of distance on the map and real life.
What is a Map scale?
Where something is found on the Earth, either in absolute or relative
What is Location?
Run east and west, but tell us North and South
What is latitude lines?
Largest Continent
What is Asia?
This map tells us imaginary lines
What is political maps?
This component is on ever map and tells what we are looking at
What is a Map Title?
Areas of the world that have similar characteristics
What is Region?
0 degrees in latitude, and 0 degrees in longitude
What is the Equator & Prime Meridian
The names of the 5 Oceans
what are Pacific, Atlantic, Southern (Antarctic), Indian, Arctic?
This map shows land features
What is physical map?
This component orients us to the map
What is a Compass Rose?
Describes the physical and human characteristics that make a location unique
What is Place?
The Great Circles of Latitude, Climate, Zones
(Recreate the Diagram on the board)(include degrees, and names)
The two continents that share a long border
What are Asia & Europe?
This map shows elevation and is used for hiking
Topographic Maps
This component decodes the map
What is a Map key (or legend)?
List the five themes of geography
Location
Region
Place
Human/Environment interaction
Movement
The coordinates of Tokoyo, Japan
36° N, 140° E
What are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia?
This map can tell us about temperatures and or precipitation of a region
What is Climate Map?
All four map components, and with the underline component being the one that will be on every map
Title
Map Key (or legend)
Map Scale
Compass Rose