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Geography/Maps
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a photograph taken from above? It could be taken by a drone, a camera in an airplane/helicopter, or even a satellite. | aerial photograph |
| What is a 3D, round model with a map of the world on it? | globe |
| What is a drawing that shows the surface features of an area? | map |
| What is a line that measures how far west or east of the Prime Meridian a place on Earth is located. It's part of a set of imaginary lines that run north and south and meet at the North and South Poles. | longitude |
| What is another name for lines of longitude? | meridians |
| What is the 0 degree longitude line? | Prime Meridian |
| What is a line that shows how far north or south of the Equator a place is located? These lines run from west to east around the Earth? | latitude |
| What is another name for a line of latitude? (they never cross) | parallel |
| A line of latitude and a line of longitude cross. What kind of location is this? | absolute location |
| What are the directions- north, south, east and west? | cardinal directions |
| What are the directions halfway between the cardinal directions- northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest? | intermediate directions |
| What is the location of one place on Earth in relation to another place? | relative location |
| What is the part of a map that shows the relationship between distances on the map and distances in real life. | scale |
| What is something that stands for something else on a map? | map symbol |
| What is a list of map symbols with a description that tells us what each symbol stands for? | map key or legend |
| What is a small map that shows where the subject of the map is located inthe world? | locator |
| What kind of map mainly shows political divisions such as national or state boundaries, cities, and capitals? | political map |
| What is a map that mainly shows Earth's natural features, such as lakes, rivers, mountains and deserts? | physical map |
| What kind of map shows the height of land above sea level? It's usually in color and often has a map key. | physical elevation map |
| What kind of map uses shading to show changes in elevation? | physical relief map |
| What is a map that shows information about the past or where past events took place?? | historical map |
| What is a special purpose map that shows how a particular feature, such as population density, is spread over an area? | distribution map |
| What is the unit of measurement that indicates the distance of latitude and longitude? | degrees |
| What is half of the Earth? | hemisphere |
| What is the 0 degree line of latitude? | Equator |
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