Unit 1 Review- Map Skills

Part of a map that allows you to measure the distance between two points on a map.

If you are facing directly north, the direction to your left is:

How many timezones exist in the world?

How many timezones are there in the USA?

Lines that measure distances North/South also called parallels.

What city is located at 25°S,134°E?

The ending point for longitude is the _____________________ located at 180°.

What line of latitude is located at 23.5° S?

The most accurate depiction of the earth is a:

Also called the polar zone; receives no direct sunlight

Which direction is a cardinal direction?

A period of 100 years is called a __________.

It takes 365 1/4 days to complete one of these around the sun.

This is the spatial study of the human and physical parts of the Earth.

Lines that measure distances east/west also called meridians.

What city is the southernmost city on the map?

When it is 5:00 in Alaska, what time is it in Florida?

Starting point of Longitude at 0°

Type of theme where we group areas based on something in common to make them easy to study.

The earth rotates in a/an ___________ direction.

This is also known as the first day of spring and fall.

If you were traveling from Perth to Canberra, what direction are you traveling?

What temperature zone is being shown in this image?

What temperature zone is being shown in this image?

The path that each planet takes around the sun:

Imaginary line around the Earth halfway between the North and South poles.

When it is 8:00 in Highland IL, what time is it in Honolulu, Hawaii?

When we take the image of the earth put it on a flat piece of paper creating a map.

What line of latitude is located at 90° S?

What line of latitude is located at 66.5° N?

When it is 5:00 in Alaska, what time is it in Florida?

In the picture below, what theme of geography is being shown?

The earth rotates on its:

What country is southwest of France?

What body of water is located at 15°S,112°E?

Also called the tropics; receives direct sunlight all year long.

Part of a map that explains what each symbol on a map represents.

If it is winter in Highland,  it is what season in Australia?

The type of map that uses colors or shading to show the average value of a subject is:

What theme of geography shows how St. Louis is different from Highland?

An example of absolute location is___________?

The change in the accuracy when putting the earth on a flat piece of paper.

I live south of highland. This is an example of what?

Half of the earth is called a _______________.

What causes day and night on Earth?

What body of water lies south of England and north of France?

What temperature zone is being shown in this image?

What is a period of ten years called?

Which pair of basic questions guide geographers in their work?

This part of a map is also called a compass rose.