Ch.1 Map Skills

Ch.1 Map Skills

Match

Match the following: Positives and Negatives of Maps

• Can focus on smaller areas

• Distorts size and placement of land and sea

• Correct representation of size and location of the world

Positive

Negative

Neither

• Positive

• Negative

• Neither

Match

Match the following: Positives and Negatives of globes.

• Positive

• Negative

• Neither

Accurately shows sizer and shape

Not portable

Is fun to play volleyball with

• Accurately shows sizer and shape

• Not portable

• Is fun to play volleyball with

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Do we globally use a map that is accurate to the sizes and placements of continents and seas?

• Yes

• No

• Meh.... It's as good as it can get.

Labelling

Label the compass rose

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Southeast

East

North

Southwest

Northeast

Northwest

West

South

Multiple Select

Lines of Latitude run _______ to _______

• North

• South

• East

• West

Multiple Select

Lines of Longitude run ________ to ________

• North

• South

• East

• West

Multiple Choice

Which hemisphere do we, in the United States, live in?

• Northwestern Hemisphere

• Northeastern Hemisphere

• Southwestern Hemisphere

• Southeastern Hemisphere

Match

Match the following

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Latitude

Latitude

Longitude

Tropic of Cancer

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Tropic of Cancer

Labelling

Label the following lines of Latitude and Longitude.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Prime Meridian

Tropic of Capricorn

Antarctic Circle

Tropic of Cancer

Equator

Artic Circle

Labelling

Label the following lines of Latitude and Longitude.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Prime Meridian

Northwestern Hemisphere

Southeastern Hemisphere

Northeastern Hemisphere

Southwestern Hemisphere

Equator

​A

​B

​C

​D

​E

​Map

​1

Match

Match the following coordinates based on Map 1.

• Point A

• Point B

• Point C

• Point D

• Point F

(40*N,60*W)

(60*N,80*E)

(40*S,100*E)

(60*S, 100*W)

(40*S,30*E)

• (40*N,60*W)

• (60*N,80*E)

• (40*S,100*E)

• (60*S, 100*W)

• (40*S,30*E)

​A

​B

​Map

2​

​A

​B

​C

​D

​E

​Map

2​

Labelling

Locate the following coordinates.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

(20*S,0*)

(20*N,20*E)

(10*N,160*E)

​A

​B

​C

​D

​E

​Map

2​

Labelling

Label the continents.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Antartica

Australia

Asia

Africa

Europe

South America

North America

Labelling

Label the oceans.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Indian Ocean

Southern Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Artic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Section 2:

Time Zones

​Time Zones

• 24 Time Zones

  • Only one hour different from the next time zone. 

  • 6 time zones cover the United States. 

• The International date line is 180 degrees away from the Prime Meridian (Opposite side of the globe)

  • The date line symbolize the day change. 

• Daylight Savings

  • is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from standard time during the summer months, and back again in the fall, in order to make better use of natural daylight

    • The U.S. Senate approved the Sunshine Protection Act in March 2022, with the goal of making daylight saving time permanent starting in November 2023.​

    • Russia, Hawaii, Arizona, India, North Korea, Peru don’t observe daylight savings. 

Section 3:

Types of Maps

Section 4:

Map Symbols and Keys

• Map key: tells what the lines and colors used on the map represent

• Scale: a line that helps you measure distances on a map

• Locator map: a small map that shows where the area on the main map is found

• Compass Rose: shows due North on the Map