TCI Geography Ch 1 Tools of Geography

Geographers divide Earth into halves. These halves are called __________________

Another name for legend is _________.

Distortion always that happens when there is

The Earth spins like a giant top on the line that runs through the North and South poles is

The Prime Meridian is located at _____.

People traveling west over the International Date Line ____________

What four directions are called cardinal directions?

Like the Prime Meridian these lines run north and south around the globe.

The most important latitude is the _______.

How many continents are on Earth?

Relative location is usually

With coordinates you can locate anyplace on Earth. On the map, the lines are called __

A compass rose to shows ________ on a map.

Who is your favorite teacher?

The earth does one revolution around the sun every_____

Like the equator these lines run east and west around the globe.

In the early 1800's, what two explorers added to geographic info of the western part of USA?

Using the absolute location will tell you ______

Counting the Southern one how many oceans are on Earth?

______on a map tells you how the distances on the map compare to the actual distances on Earth.