Question | Answer |
What are physical features? | Things made by nature |
What does a physical map show? | Natural features like deserts and mountains |
What does a political map show? | Country boundaries and major cities |
What does a population density map show? | Average number of people per square mile |
What does a product/economic map show? | Natural resources, land use, and things people grow or create in an area |
What does a climate map show? | Average temperatures and precipitation in an area |
What are some of the different types of satellites? | Weather, GPS, Communication, Photography |
What is a Geographic Information System (GIS)? | A computer database that shows information on maps that can be LAYERED together to help people make decisions. |
What does a topographic map show? | Shows how high or steep the land is an area |
Which way do latitude lines run? | Latitude runs side to side (or east to west, or horizontally) |
Which way to longitude lines run? | Longitude runs up and down (or north to south, or vertically) |
What does latitude MEASURE? | Latitude measures how far NORTH or SOUTH you are |
What does longitude MEASURE? | Longitude measures how far EAST or WEST you are |
Which measurement must come first: Lat or Long? | Latitude!! |
What does a map key explain? | The colors and symbols on a map |
What does the compass rose show? | Directions on a map |
What does the scale bar show? | How distances on the map compare to the real world |
What is the difference between large-scale and small-scale maps? | Large-scale maps are more zoomed IN |
Name these lines of latitude in order from NORTH to SOUTH:
Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Antarctic Circle, Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer | Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic Circle |
Which important line cuts the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres? | Prime Meridian |