Map Skills & 5 Themes Mr H

Map Skills Mr H

By Jason Harris

​5. Southern Ocean

Draw

Label the map

​One reason we have to use multiple types of maps and globes is because of distortion.

Multiple Choice

If the map I am looking at has cities, states and counties on it what type of map am i looking at?

• Physical

• Topographic

• Political

Multiple Choice

If I needed to know the distance between two cities what would I need to use on the map?

• Legend

• Scale

• Title

Multiple Choice

If I need to travel west where on the map will tell which way I need to go?

• Scale

• Compass Rose

• Legend

Multiple Choice

If i needed to know which city was the state capital what would tell which symbol to look at?

• Legend

• Scale

• Compass Rose

Multiple Choice

If you are told to go southeast to get to a destination this is an example of?

• Intermediate Directions

• Cardinal Directions

• Scale

Open Ended

What is the key difference between a Political map and a Physical map?

Open Ended

What is the purpose of the compass rose?

Open Ended

Why are there so many different types of maps? Can you think of two reasons?

Latitude and Longitude

Multiple Choice

What splits the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Axis

Multiple Choice

What is found at zero degrees latitude?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

Multiple Select

What hemisphere(s) would we find North America? Check all that apply.

• Eastern

• Western

• Northern

• Southern

Multiple Select

What hemisphere(s) would we find Australia ? Check all that apply.

• Eastern

• Southern

• Western

• Northern

Multiple Choice

What continent is closest to where the lines of longitude and latitude cross?

• North America

• Asia

• Africa

• Antarctica

​Time Zones

​Maine is the first state to get sulight in the morning.

Multiple Choice

When you cross this the date on the calendar changes?

• International Date Line

• Equator

• North Pole

• Greenwich Mean Time

Multiple Choice

Where the international time "starts" ?

• Equator

• Greenwich Mean Time/ Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• Tropic of Capricorn

Multiple Choice

You ADD an hour as you move

• East

• West

• North

• South

Multiple Choice

If it is noon in the Pacific time zone then what time is it in Morehead?

• Also noon

• 9 am

• 9pm

• 3pm

Open Ended

What would we need to know to provide the Absolute Location of this school.

Open Ended

Tell me the Relative Location of this school.

Open Ended

Can you describe Antarctica in terms of Physical and Human features? 

Open Ended

Describe physical and Human features of Kentucky.

Open Ended

List the 5 themes of Geography

Multiple Choice

What do we use to find absolute location?

• landmarks

• a person giving directions

• latitude and longitude

Multiple Choice

Which theme answers the question "How have people adapted to the environment there?"

• Place

• Human/Environment Interaction

• Movement

Multiple Choice

This picture to the right best represents which theme of

• Place

• Location

• Movement

​Clocks go forward one hour in the spring and back one hour in the fall, it's known as Daylight Saving Time (DST).

Ahead of Daylight Saving Time, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 for the 118th Congress. The legislation would end the antiquated practice of changing clocks twice a year.