Map Elements/Geography
1. Flat representations of the earth called
What is a Map?
Lines measure North and South of the Equator and run east to west?
How many time zones are in the world
What is 24 Zones?
What is the northernmost point on the earth called?
What is the North Pole
The world is divided into how many hemispheres?
What is 4?
Explains the symbols on a map
What is a Map Key/Legend?
Lines measure East and West of Prime Meridian and run vertically?
What is Longitude?
How many time zones are in the continental US?
What is 4 Time zones?
What is the southernmost point on the earth called?
What is the south pole?
What are northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest called?
What is intermediate directions?
Round representations of the earth called
What is a Globe?
The line of latitude located at 23 1/2 degrees North
What is the Tropic of Cancer
Each time zone represents what degree
What is 15 degree longitude?
What are north, south, east, and west known as?
What is Cardinal Directions?
The directional marker on a map called
What is a compass rose?
The colors, lines, and shapes on a map called
What is a Symbol?
The line of latitude located at 23 ½ degrees South
What is the Tropic of Capricorn
Line of longitude located at 180 degrees
What is the International date Line?
What three factors affect climate
What is latitude of a location, location near water, and altitude of area?
What is the imaginary line of latitude that separates the Northern and Southern Hemisphere?
What is the Equator?
Shows measurements on a map
What is a scale?
The imaginary line that passes through Greenwich, England?
What is the Prime Meridian?
How does time change as move 15 degrees east and west
What is add one hour moving east? and What is subtract one hour moving west?
What are the five themes of geography?
Location, Place, Human Environmental Interactions, Movement, and Regions
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
Absolute tells exact location while relative gives you near by places