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| the pattern of weather conditions in a certain location over a long period of time. |
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| one of the seven large land masses of Earth -North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Austraila, and Antarctica |
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| shows how continents and oceans appear on Earth's surface and the true shapes, locations, and relative sizes of Earth's landforms and bodies of water |
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| imaginary line to divide Earth east from west |
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| an imaginary line to divide the globe into north and south halves |
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| a way of showing the curved surface of Earth on a flat map |
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| an island or naturally formed feature on Earth's surface |
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| the study of the Earth and its people |
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| is expressed using the coordinates, or set of numbers, of the lattitude and longitude |
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| a half of Earth's surface - northern & southern |
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| can be used to figure out the distance between two locations |
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| key, lists and explains the symbols and colors used on a map |
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| shows directions, west, east, north & south |
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| represent such items as capital cities and nautural resources |
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| indicate the names of cities, landforms, and bodies of water |
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| represent a variety of information on a map. The map lengend explains what they mean. |
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| tells the subject of the map and gives you an idea of what information is shown |
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| What are the differences & similarities between physical & political maps? |
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POLITICAL MAPS: show the features people have created, such as cities, states, provinces, territiories & countries.
PHYSICAL MAPS: you can see what Earth's surface might look likefrom space. They show the landforms& bodies of water found in particular areas. Colors are often used to show elevations.
BOTH: *are often found on one map *can help you understand specific characteristics of places |
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| What are the Five Themes of Geography? |
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1.LOCATION ("Where is it at?" It can be a precise spotor tell where it is in comparison to another person)
2. PLACE ("What is it like?" Place includes physical characteristics as well as human ones, like language, religion, & politics)
3. REGION (How are places similar or different? Region compares physical & human characteristics.
4. MOVEMENT: ("How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another?
5. HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION (How do people relate to the physical world?) People learn to use and change what the environment offers them.) |
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| What are the differences between projections & globes? |
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GLOBES:(round)show the viewer exactly how continents & oceans appear on Earth's curved surface. Aglobe also shows the true shapes, locations, & relative sizez of Earth's landforms & bodies of water.
PROJECTIONS: (flat) a way of showing the curved surface of Earth on a flat map. Distances, sizes & shapes are not accurate. |
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| Name the parts of a map... |
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| 1.Title 2.Compass rose 3.Symbols 4.Legend 5. Lines of longitude 6. Lines of latitude 7. Scale 8.Labels 9.Colors |
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| How do the five themes of geography help geographers? |
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| Help geographers descibe Earth. They also help us understand our world and how we fit into it. |
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| shows all of Earthwith nearly the true sizes and shapes of the continents and oceans. |
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| shows most of the continents as they look at the globe |
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| divides oceans; shows the sizes of landmasses, but distances on the map aren't correct |
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