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Longitude & Latitude
5 Themes of Geography
What is Geography
Parts of a Map
Map Projections
100
zero degrees longitude
What is the Prime Meridian
100
theme of movement
What is how information, people and goods move
100
the study of the earth
What is Geography
100
Scale
What is how distance is shown on a map
100
a flat representation of a round earth
What is a map
200
Divide the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres
What is Prime Meridian and International Date Line
200
relative location
What is location given in relation to another thing
200
map maker
What is a cartographer
200
Cardinal direction on a map
What is orientation
200
used for air navigation
What is an Azimuthal map
300
parallels
What are lines of latitude
300
by similar or like features
What is how regions are organized
300
Human, Physical and Regional
What is the 3 types of geography commonly studied
300
Index
What is a map address of places
300
has severe size and distance distortion at the poles
What is a cylindrical/Mercator projection
400
origin points for lines of longitude
What are the North and South Poles
400
Great Lakes, Rocky Mountains, and the Sahara
What are physical regions
400
the study of how people change the earth
What is human geography
400
locates places on a map using letters and numbers or longitude/latitude
What is a grid
400
the properties of a map projection
What is size, shape, distance and direction
500
how longitude is measured
What is east and west of the Prime Meridian
500
theme of place
What is describes the human and physical characteristics of a place
500
reasons to study geography
What is improve your mental map, know where places are located, foster cultural understanding, and understand human environmental interactions
500
legend
What is explains what each symbol on the map represents
500
Cannot show the world
What is the problem with Conic projections