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What is Geography?
Using a Map
Map Projections
Latitude and Longitude
Types of Maps
100
The place where something is.
What is location
100
A flat picture of part or all of the earth.
What is a map
100
A mapmaker
What is a cartographer.
100
The latitude and longitude that describes the absolute location of a place.
What is coordinates.
100
The height of an area above sea level.
What is elevation.
200
You might say, "Canada is located to the north of the United States," when describing its location.
What is relative location
200
This usually show distances in miles or kilometers.
What is a scale
200
Shows the true size and shape of landmasses. However, the distances are distorted.
What is Goode's Interrupted Equal-Area projection.
200
Lines that run from side to side on a globe of a map
What is latitude.
200
A map that shows the human-made boundaries of countries or regions.
What is a political map.
300
The study of how people live on earth.
What is human geography
300
The symbol on a map that shows the directions.
What is compass rose
300
Its used for most reference world maps. It provides a good balance between the size and shape of land area
What is Winkel Tripel projection.
300
The line of longitude that divides the earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is prime meridian.
300
Shows the physical features of an area, such as mountains, rivers, and plans.
What is physical maps.
400
It is their job to organize all the information about the geography of our planet.
What is geographers
400
a small, sphere-shaped model of the earth
What is a globe
400
Has outlines of the continents are similar to those on a globe, but the shapes of the polar areas are flat.
What is Robinson projection.
400
What is the line of latitude that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is the equator.
400
what is often marked by a circle with a star in it?
What is a country's capital.
500
The address of a house.
What is absolute location
500
A small section on a map that explains what the symbols mean.
What is a legend
500
It shows accurate directions and shapes of landmasses, but it distorts size and distance as it moves away from the equator.
What is Mercator projection.
500
Imaginary lines that measure distance from the prime median.
What is longitude.
500
The most common type of map.
What is a general-purpose map.