Reading Maps
Types of Maps
Physical Geography
Charts, Graphs, & Diagrams
Population & Migration
100
The ______________ explains the subject of the map and gives you an idea of what information the map conveys.
What is title?
100
When it is 8 a.m. in New York, it is ______ in Los Angeles.
What is 5 a.m.?
100
Bringing water from nearby sources to areas where crops are grown is called ________.
What is irrigation?
100
When analyzing a chart or a graph, the first thing you should look at is _____________.
What is title?
100
The ___________ rate is the number of births per 1000 people in a single year.
What is birth?
200
This part of a map tells you which symbols represent what.
What is the legend?
200
This type of map indicates state and national boundaries as well as capitals and major cities. A capital city is usually marked with a star.
What is a political map?
200
The rising of average temperature worldwide.
What is global warming?
200
This type of chart shows __________.
What is percentages?
200
A reason for population growth.
What is Improved health care, Better living conditions, Higher agricultural productivity, or Advances in technology?
300
This important line of longitude is located at 90º N.
What is the Arctic Circle?
300
This type of map gives general information about the climate and precipitation (rain and snow) of a region. Cartographers, or mapmakers, use colors to show different climate or precipitation zones.
What is a climate map?
300
They are derived from the decomposed remains of prehistoric plants and animals.
What is fossil fuels?
300
A ____________ chart has the form of a triangle with lines dividing it into sections. A related topic or idea is placed in each section. Because of the triangular shape, each section is a different width from the others; this width indicates a level of importance, size, or quantity among the topics.
What is pyramid?
300
It involves a force which drives people away from a place. (ex. war)
What is push factor?
400
The U.S. is located in which hemispheres.
What is the Northern & Western hemispheres?
400
Which continental U.S. time zone is missing: Eastern Standard Time , Central Standard Time, __________________, Pacific Standard Time.
What is Mountain Standard Time?
400
These all are impacts of physical geography: -History of a region -Settlement of a region -Natural processes of the earth -Distribution of resources -__________________, trade and more
What is agriculture?
400
A family tree typically is depicted using a ___________ chart.
What is hierarchy?
400
It involves a force which draws them to a new location. (ex. jobs)
What is a pull factor?
500
This ocean contains the coordinates 0°,0°.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
500
Bossier City is located at 32˚N, 93˚W. This is an example of type of location?
What is absolute location?
500
This best describes the terrain where terrace farming is likely to be done.
What is mountains?
500
This is also called an age structure diagram.
What is population pyramid?
500
Having many ethnic restaurants in Shreveport, is an example of _______________.
What is cultural diffusion?