Geography and Map Skills

  Symbols used to specify the location of things, such as cities

Which one is measured first?

Another name for lines of longitude

Latitude is labeled in degrees ______ and _______ of the _________.

Longitude is measured from

Imaginary line that runs through Greenwich, England and represents 0 longitude

Which type of projection is based on a cylinder wrapped around a globe touching the equator ?

What divides the globe into northern and southern hemispheres?

Maps that show the major physical features of a region such as mountain ranges, rivers, oceans

Pattern of imaginary lines that circle the globe in east -west and north -south directions

Represents the distances between points on a map

North-south imaginary lines on a globe used to measure distance from the prime meridian

Maps focusing on one special topic, such as climate, resources, or population

A scale that is often used in textbooks that shows distance in miles and kilometers

Hemispheres the prime meridian divides the Earth into

Indicates directions with arrows that point to all four cardinal or principal directions

Key that explains what the symbols on the map represent

Another name for lines of latitude

Latitude and longitude are measured in…

Longitude is measured ______ and _____ of the _________.

What type of map shows altitude or elevation?

Shows where in the world the area on the map is located and thesurrounding areas 

Two halves of the globe

0 line of latitude

Maps that show the major manmade features of a region, such as country borders & capital cities

Degrees are further divided into 60 of these

Type of projection that is based on a plane touching the globe at one point

Type of projection based on a cone placed over the globe

A scale model of Earth

What are latitude and longitude used for?

The east west lines on the grid used to measure distance north and south of the Equator

Why are all maps distorted in some way?

Imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South Poles

What is the latitude at the north and south poles?