What does a scale measure on a map?
Distance
We will be using Maps a lot in this class.
Geography!
Name the cardinal directions
North, South, East, West
An imaginary line of latitude dividing the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere.
Equator
True Or False...Two different days on Earth can be only 1 mile apart in distance.
True
What box has symbols that are used on the map?
Legend
country/state borders, city boundaries and names
A professional mapmaker
Cartographer
An imaginary line of longitude dividing the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere.
Prime Meridian
Vertical lines that measure the earth from 0 - 180 degrees.
Lines of Longitude
What is this called?
A scale
This type of map shows landforms like deserts, mountains, plains, rivers, and lakes.
Topographic maps
If I am looking for the exact location of something, I am using it's _______ location.
Absolute
How do you know what the map you are looking at represents?
The Title
Horizontal Lines that measure the earth from 0-90 degrees in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Lines of Latitude
What is one example of a map projection?
Robinson, Goode, Mercator, Eckhart IV
If I am looking for a region, I would be looking for ________ location.
Relative
The reason we have seasons on Earth.
The tilt of the Earth's axis.
The line that divides the Earth into two separate days
International Date Line
What would you use to show a certain distance on a map?
Varies
The Mercator map has a lot of this, in which land masses do not match the original shape and size of continents on Earth.
Distortion
This map feature will help me locate places easily by using latitude and longitude lines.
coordinate grid
If it is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is ________ in the Southern Hemisphere.
Winter
What gives us a precise location on earth using degrees, minutes, and seconds?
Geographic Coordinates