Topographic Maps
The height of an object above sea level
What is elevation?
The legend or key on a map explains these
What are the symbols?
These four main directions are found on a compass
What are north, south, east, and west?
A 3Dimentional sphere that represents all of Earth
What is a globe?
This imaginary line circles the Earth at 00 latitude
What is the equator?
These lines connect points of equal elevation
What are contour lines?
Prime Meridian divides the earth in two hemispheres
What are Eastern and Western hemisphere?
A drawing on the map showing the location of of the Cardinal Directions
What is a Compass Rose?
This maps shows degrees latitude and longitude as straight lines and distorts the size of land masses more the farther it is from the equator
What is a cylindrical projection?
(What is a Mercator Projection?)
The Prime Meridian is measured at 00 of this coordinate type.
What is longitude?
This shows the shape of various structures and land areas on a map.
What is a key?
Northern and Southern hemispheres are divided by this line
What is the Equator?
These directions are halfway between the main compass points
What are the intercardinal directions?
This map is accurate for the area covered but can only do smaller areas of the Earth's surface
What is a conic projection?
Longitude lines always lay down, horizontally.
What is east and west directions?
Several lines close together indicate this about the land area represented.
What is a steeper slope?
In degrees, the Prime Meridian is labeled at this number.
What is 0 degrees longitude?
Intercardinal direction between North and East cardinal directions
What is northeast?
A type of projection that is made by moving the features of the globe onto a plane - touching the globe at only one point. Distortion occurs at points farther from the contact point.
What is azimuthal projection?
Latitude lines always lay down, vertically.
What is north and south directions?
In contour lines, this indicates the top of a hill or mountain.
What is a circular line?
This is the city and country located on 00 longitude.
What is Greenwich, England?
The degrees found on a compass.
What are Bearings?
This type of map is used to find directions to get to a location on the map.
The Prime Meridian and Equator are these.
What is 0 degrees longitude and 0 degrees latitude?