geography review
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| What are the intermediate directions? | northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast
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| What are the cardinal directions? | north, south, east, west
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| Describe what is found in a legend on a map? | pictures or symbols that represent something else
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| What is a tool that you could use to figure out what direction north is? | a compass rose
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| Describe relative location. | Relative location is the location of a place in relation to another place.
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| What are the lines that run east and west but MEASURE north and south? | latitude lines or parallels
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| What are the lines that run north and south, but MEASURE east and west? | longitude lines or meridians
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| A smaller map located in the corner of a map that shows where the subject area of a map is located is called...... | a locator
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| What is created when parallels and meridians cross across the globe? | global grid
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| What do you measure latitude and longitude in? | degrees
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| Absolute location is..... | the exact location of something using latitude and longitude measurements
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| What is a map key? | a list of map symbols that tells what each symbol stands for
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| What is the hottest point on the globe? | the area along the equator
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| What happens when you move further away from the equator? | it gets colder
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| Which comes first, latitude or longitude? | latitude
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| How can you identify a historical map? | It will have a date on the top from a point in the past.
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| What is a distribution map? | A map that shows how something is spread out over a certain area.
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| What is a physical map? | It shows natural features on the Earth, such as rivers, mountains and oceans.
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| What is a political map? | It shows political divisions and state and local boundaries.
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| What is a photograph taken from above called? | An aerial photograph
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| What is the main line of latitude called? | The Equator
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| What is the main line of longitude called? | The Prime Meridian
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| On a map you may see a triangle to represent a mountain. The triangle is a ___________. | symbol
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