Barnett- Maps
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| cartography | the science of map-making
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| latitude | "flat" (horizontal) lines on a globe
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| longitude | vertical lines on a globe
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| latitude | lines that measure degrees north and south of the equator
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| longitude | lines that measure east and west of the prime meridian
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| eastern | the time zone that we live in (Roanoke, VA)
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| international dateline | the name give to the 180 degree line of longitude
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| legend | part of a map that describes and explains the map's symbols
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| topographic | type of map that shows changes in elevation of Earth's surface
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| contour lines | lines that connect points of equal elevation
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| contour interval | difference in elevation between 2 side-by-side contour lines
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| index contour | contour line which has its elevation marked on it
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| steep | contour lines are close together where the land is _______________
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| depression | place where the land is lower that the surrounding land - like a sinkhole or volcano crater
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| benchmark | place where someone took an exact elevation measurement - on a topographic map they are marked with a BM X - and an elevation
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| feet | unit of measurement used to describe elevation on topographic maps made by the United States Geological Survey
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| parallels | another name for lines of latitude
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| meridians | another name for lines of longitude
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| Tropic of Capricorn | 23.5 degrees southern latitude
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| Tropic of Cancer | 23.5 degrees northern latitude
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| Prime Meridian | zero degrees longitude
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| equator | zero degrees latitude
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| Mercator | map that can show the entire earth, but distorts places far to the north and south of the map
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| conic | type of map that gives accurate distances and shapes, but show small areas
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