Maps and Globes #1
What is the equator?
An invisible line in the middle of earth that divides the earth into two parts.
What is an atlas?
Is a book with different maps on each page.
What is the earths axis?
An invisible line through the center of the earth.
What are the 4 cardinal points on a compass?
North, East, South, West
What are the three different types of maps?
Relief, Political, and Road.
What are the names of the two hemispheres the equator creates?
Northern and Southern.
A road map shows what?
The different types of roads in different colors.
What is a globe?
It is a model of the earth. Shows us what the earth looks like from space.
What do small scale maps show?
They show large areas such as the earth in a small space.
What do large scale maps show?
They show small areas, such as a city, with more detail.
What is a country on the northern Hemisphere?
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Hungary, India, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Ukraine, and the United States
A relief map shows what?
Shows high land in brown and low land in green.
A political map shows what?
The borders of a country and its different regions.
What does a key on a map tell us?
Tells us what colors, shapes, and symbols on a map mean.
If I wanted to look at the main roads in Spain. What map would I use?
Road Map.
What is a country on the southern hemisphere?
Angola, Australia, Botswana, Burundi, Colombia, Ecuador, Eswatini, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, New Zealand, Paraguay, Samoa, Somalia, Tanzania, Uruguay, Zambia.
What is a country touching the equator?
Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia and Kiribati
If I was driving and needed directions. What type of navigation system would I use?
Satellite navigation system, satnavs, GPS.
If I wanted to see where the highest elevation in Spain is. What map would I use?
Relief map.
If I wanted to know the different capital cities in Spain. What map would I use?
Political map.