Directions
These are the four cardinal directions.
What are north, south, east, and west
A map scale measures this.
What is distance between two locations on a map?
0 degrees latitude
What is the Equator?
The continent we live on
What is North America?
Maps that show how humans have divided up the land
What are political maps?
Map makers use this to show direction on a map.
What is a compass rose?
A star next to the name of a city on a map usually represents this.
What is a capital?
Latitude lines are also known as these.
What are parallels?
The oceans that border the United States
What are the Atlantic Pacific Oceans?
In addition to natural features, relief is often shown on this type of map.
What is a physical map?
The location of a place on the earth as compared to another location.
What is relative location?
A map legend uses these to represent features on a map.
What are symbols?
0 degrees longitude
What is the Prime Meridian?
Name the seven continents.
What are North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and Antarctica?
An agricultural production map is an example of this.
What is a special purpose map?
A precise position on earth is known as this.
What is absolute location?
A group of cells running horizontally on a grid
What is a row?
The degree number for the highest latitude line north of the Equator.
What is 90 degrees N?
The Prime Meridian runs through these three continents.
What are Europe, Africa, and Antarctica?
This system of determining location uses satellites to transmit radio waves to devices on Earth.
What is Global Positioning System (GPS)?
Look at the United States map in the classroom. If you are in Kansas, what direction do you have to travel to go to Montana? Is this a cardinal or intermediate direction?
northwest - intermediate
A list of locations listed in alphabetical order with alpha-numeric coordinates.
What is an index?
When looking at a globe or map, longitude lines to the left of 0 degrees longitude measure this direction.
What is west?
The Equator runs through these continents.
What are South America, Africa, and Asia?
Explain GIS (Geographic Information Systems). Think about our Mapping Google Trends project.
GIS involves taking numerical data about locations and creating a representation of that data on a map.