Latitude/Longitude
They are the four hemispheres of the Earth.
What are Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern?
24 hours.
How long does one full rotation of the earth take?
These maps are designed to show information or data.
What are thematic maps?
What is a compass rose?
It's the difference between climate and weather.
What is the weather over a long time versus the state of the atmosphere on any given day?
These lines measure degrees north and south.
What are the parallels of latitude?
365 1/4 days.
How long does one full revolution around the sun take the earth?
Absolute location.
What is the precise point a place is located on earth?
It features symbols on a map which convey information and tells us what can be found, where.
What is a map key or legend?
Bridges, cities, farms, and canals are all examples of this.
These lines measure degrees west and east.
What are the meridians of longitude?
It's the imaginary line that the Earth spins on.
What is the axis?
Distortion
What is a change in the shape or size or position of a place when it is shown on a map?
It is the amount of people who live in a unit of an area.
What is population density?
Mountains, animals, fruit, rivers, deserts, and forests are all examples of this.
What is physical geography?
What is "the equator?
This Earth movement gives us daytime and nighttime.
What is rotation?
Map Projection
What is a way of representing the spherical earth on a flat surface?
The official name for "north, south, east, west."
What are the four cardinal directions?
The first person to attempt to make a map of the known world.
Who is "Herodotus"?
0 degrees longitude, it divides the earth into western and eastern hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian?
These two actions combined result in the Earth's seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth on its axis as it revolves around the sun?
A region.
What is an area defined by one or more natural or cultural characteristics that sets it apart from other areas?
The official name for "northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest."
What are the intermediate directions?
Globalization.
What is the worldwide exchange of money, goods, and services?