Basic Geography Skills
Latitude is measured from 0 degrees to what?
90 degrees
What are the main directions ( N, S, E, & W ) called?
Cardinal Directions
What is the Ring of Fire and where is it located?
A ring of the most active volcanoes on the planet that is located in the Pacific Ocean.
What is a Hemisphere?
Any half of the earth, of which there are 4.
Prime Meridian
Divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres and sits at 0 degrees longitude.
Longitude is measured from 0 degrees to what?
180 degrees
What symbol on the map gives you N, S, E, & W?
Compass Rose
When the worlds land masses were in one piece what was it called?
The super continent of Pangaea
What is a Continent?
Largest bodies of land on earth.
Equator
Divides the North and South hemispheres, sits at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the absolute location of the Tropic of Cancer?
23.5 N
What part of the map tells you the meaning of the symbols on a map?
Key or Legend
When the above landmass split into two major parts, the northern cluster of continents were called what?
Laurasia
What is an Ocean?
Largest bodies of water on earth.
Lines of Latitude
Lines that measure North and South of the Equator
What is the absolute location of the Tropic of Capricorn?
23.5 S
What is a Cartographer?
A person who makes maps.
The southern landmass containing Africa, Antarctica, India, and Australia was called what?
Gondwanaland
What are the 4 Oceans?
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans.
Lines that measure distance East and West of the Prime Meridian.
What are the absolute locations of the North and South Pole?
North Pole: 90 N
South Pole: 90 S
Why are maps considered subjective?
Because many maps have different forms of distortion. Which includes: size, shape, direction, elevation, and distance of everything on a map.
What is the Plate Tectonics theory?
The theory that the continents are moving and will eventually crash together and/or break apart
What are the 7 Continents?
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.
International Date Line
It is an imaginary line defining the boundary between one day and the next, approximately 180 degrees longitude.
Not straight
Countries choose what side
Decided in 1880s