Geographic Thinking
This concept asks why a location is important.
Spatial significance
The four main directions are called the
Cardinal points
The equator lies at this line of latitude.
0 degrees lat
Regina
People who make maps are called:
Cartographers
This concept looks at how dif. georaphic features or ideas affect one another
Interrelationships
Between the cardinal points are
Ordinal points
The line at zero degrees longitude is called this.
Prime Meridian
What is the abbreviation for Newfoundland and Labrador?
NL
One challenge of making a 3D globe into a flat map
Distortion
The concept of geographic thinking that studies recurring tendencies over history
Patterns and trends
On a map, the "O" in BOLTS means
Orientation
Lines that run east to west and measure north and south.
Lines of latitude
What is the capital of Manitoba?
Winnipeg
A feature of Earth often distorted on maps is
Size, shape, distance, direction
TRUE OR FALSE:
Informatics is one of the four geographic perspectives taught in class
FALSE
Please come up to the board and draw a compass with the four main directions labeled
North is Up
South is Down
East is Right
West is Left
Lines that run north to south and measure east and west.
Lines of longitude
Name the oceans that border Canada
Atlantic, Artic, Pacific
What issues does a town map typically encounter?
Buildings are not at their accurate size
Define geographical perspective and give an example
Definition: Looking at an issue from an environmental, political, social, or economic point of view
EX) Examining deforestation from an environmental perspective
When we pray, we must face this direction:
Towards Mecca
How many degrees of longitude circle the Earth?
360 degrees
Capital of PEI
Charlottetown
Is distortion avoidable in cartography? Why or why not?
Unavoidable. Earth is a sphere, and flattening it onto a 2D surface always stretches or shrinks some parts.