Globes and Maps
What is the name of the item that helps you visualize the Earth?
The name of the items that helps you visualize the Earth is a Globe.
Some maps show _____, _____, and _________.
Some maps show landforms, boundaries, and weather patterns.
Which map shows the dividing lines or borders that governments make between cities, states, and countries?
A political map shows the dividing lines or borders that governments make between cities, states, and countries?
One-third of the continent is covered in water.
What examples of bodies of water on our Earth?
Examples of bodies of water on our Earth are rivers, lakes, oceans, ponds, and streams.
What is the distance around the Earth (in miles)?
The distance around the Earth is about 25,000 miles.
Which map tool is a symbol that shows the cardinal directions north, south, east, and west?
The compass is a symbol that shows the cardinal directions north, south, east, and west.
Which type of map shows the natural features of a place (landforms, mountains, valleys, lakes, and streams)?
A physical map shows the natural features of a place.
What are continents?
Continents are the largest areas of land.
What are the intermediate directions?
The intermediate directions are northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast.
A globe is a model of what?
A globe is a model of the Earth.
What does a Cartographer put on the map to tell us what the map is about?
A Cartographer puts a title on the map to tell us what the map is about.
Which map shows whether a place is warm, cold, wet, or dry.
A climate map shows whether a place is warm, cold, wet, or dry.
How many continents are there?
There are 7 continents.
What is the Prime Meridian?
The Prime Meridian is a line on the map that divides the word into halves. It runs North and South on the map.
Globes show the location of _____, _____, and _____.
Globes show the location of water, land, and countries.
Which map tool explains what the symbols and colors on the map represent?
The map's legend or key explains what the symbols and colors on the map represent.
Which map shows where people live?
A population map shows where people live.
What are lines of latitude?
Lines of latitude are horizontal lines on a map that run east and west.
The Eastern and Western Hemisphere are created by the Prime Meridian.
What do maps help us do?
Maps help us fins things like roads, cities, and national parks.
What map tool tells the distance on the map?
The scale tells the distance on the map.
True or False: There are only four types of maps?
False, there are many different types of maps. The four in the Studies Weekly are only a few.
What are lines of longitude?
Lines of Longitude are vertical lines on a map that go from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What is the Equator?
The Equator is a line on the map that runs horizontal and divides the map of the world in halves. It created the Northern & Southern Hemisphere.