| Question |
Answer |
| Distortion | occurs when putting information on a two dimensional map |
| Distortion | the further one goes from the equator, the greater the distortion on the map |
| Maps | the basic tools that geographers use to convey information |
| Maps | are used to determine some types of geographic phenomena |
| Fundamental Problem of Maps | that when attempting to display a three dimensional object on a two dimensional object, paper, distortion occurs |
| Less Distortion | larger scale |
| Scale | the relationship of the size of the map to the amount of area it represents on the planet |
| Scale | the dimension into which one renders the real world |
| Small Scale | is more area in less detail |
| Large Scale | is a smaller areas in greater detail |
| World | smallest scale map |
| Three Ways to Write a Scale | in words, with a line, or with a ratio |
| Latitude and Longitude | grid systems that geographers set up, which are fictional lines that divide the Earth's surface to assist people in determining an exact location |
| Latitudes | are parallel lines that run EAST/WEST on the surface of the Earth |
| Latitudes | parallels |
| Equator | line that runs in the middle of the Earth |
| Equator | 0 degrees latitude |
| Northern Hemisphere | anything north of the equator |
| Southern Hemisphere | anything south of the equator |
| 90 degrees | highest degree of latitude |
| North Pole | 90 degrees north |
| South Pole | 90 degrees south |
| Longitudes | are the lines that run NORTH/SOUTH |
| Longitudes | meridians |
| Prime Meridian | 0 degree longitude line |
| Prime Meridian | runs through Greenwich, England |
| Globe | sphere made up of circles |
| Time zone | 15 degrees each |
| International Dateline | about 180 degrees longitude |
| International Dateline | zigzags through the Pacific due to the location of countries |
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