Map Essentials
To find out what the symbols mean on a map you would use the ...
What is a key or legend.
Zero degrees latitude.
What is the equator
The most accurate representation of the earth.
What is a globe.
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What is the number of times zones in the world.
Five Themes of Geography. No subthemes.
What is Location, Place, Human and Environment Interaction, Movement and Regions.
This is used for telling directions on a map.
What is a compass rose.
Zero degrees longitude
What is the Prime Meridian.
A map showing mountains and rivers.
What is a physical map.
Line where one day changes and another begins.
What is the International Dateline.
You would use this to tell distances on a map.
What is a scale or scale bar.
Lines that measure east and west of the Prime Meridan.
What are longitude lines.
A map focusing on a single topic or theme. (rainfall map, population density, energy resources, etc)
What is a special purpose map.
Four continental timezones. (Not Alaska or Hawaii)
What is Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern
North, South, East and West
What are cardinal directions.
To make latitude and longitude more precise they are divided into .........
What is decimals.
The four areas that can be distorted or changed when you make a map of a large area of land.
What is size, shape, distance, direction.
If America Gots Talent is on at 9 p.m. Central time, what time is it Pacific time.
What is 7 p.m.
Intermediate directions.
What are northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast.
City at 45 degrees north and 94 degrees west. (Use your desk map but it will not be named on the map so you have to guess.)
What is Becker.
Turning the round earth into a flat map is called a map
What is projection.
The invention of railroads
Why were timezones were created.