Review unit 2 SOCIAL SCIENCE

What is a world globe?

• A sphere that reproduces the exact shape of the Earth

• A mathematical way to show the Earth on a flat map

• The relatioship between a real distance and the distance shown on a map

What are the two types of scales you can use? (You can choose more than one option)

• Bar scale

• Parallels

• Numerical scale

• Meridians

What are parallels?

• Imaginary lines that circle the Earth

• Imaginary lines that run from pole to pole

What are Meridians?

• An imaginary lines that circle the Earth

• Lines that run from pole to pole

What is the most important parallel?

• Greenwich Meridian

• Equador

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic o Capricorn

What are the four other important parallels? (You can choose more than one option)

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Greenwich Meridian

• Artic Circle

• Antartic Circle

We use the meridians to measure....

• longitude

• latitude

• weight

We use parallels to measure

• longitude

• latitude

What can you see in a physical world map?

• Seas, oceans, mountains and rivers

• Continents, countries and mountains

• Seas, countries and rivers

• Rivers and countries

what can you see in a political world map?

• The location, size and borders of all the countries in the world

• The location, size and borders of all the rivers in the world

• The location, size and borders of al the mountains in the world