Types of Maps
Which map can I use to drive across the country?
What is a road map.
How many degrees is the Equator?
What is...0 degrees?
This element tells the direction on a map
What is... a compass.
Can a globe show us the whole planet without moving it?
What is... no.
What is the absolute location?
What is an exact point (coordinates).
This map shows the average weather of a region.
What is a climate map.
Is the Prime Meridian a latitude or longitude line?
What is...longitude.
This element tells what symbols mean.
What is... a key.
What is distortion?
What is... the misrepresentation of shape, area, distance, or direction of or between geographic features when compared to their true measurements.
M.A.D refers to which theme?
What is... human environment interaction.
This map shows rivers and mountains.
What is a physical map.
Is the Tropic of Cancer above or below the Equator?
What is...above.
This element show the latitude and longitude lines.
What is... a map grid.
True or False: all maps are distorted
What is... true.
What is an example of a formal region?
What is... a city, county, state or country.
I can use this map to find nearby countries.
What is a political map?
Does latitude measure North/South or East/West?
What is...North/South.
What is Ms. Castro's trick for remembering the order on a compass?
What is... never, eat, sour, worms.
True or false: flat maps are more helpful to see all continents at once compared to a globe.
What is...true.
What are the 5 themes of geography?
What is... location, place, human environment interaction, movement, and region.
Name 4 types of maps
What is...
Political, climate, road, physical, population density, or natural resource.
Does the latitude or longitude come first when writing a coordinate?
What is...latitude
Name 5 map elements.
What is... compass, scale, grid, symbols/labels, key, and title.
Name the 2 most commonly used projections.
What is Robinson and Mercator.
What 3 types of movement?
What is... movement of goods, people, and ideas.