Chapter 1 - The Tools of Geography

Where a place is located in relation to another place or landmark.

• relative location

• absolute location

• Over yonder

• Exact location

With this information, you could find an exact spot.

• Neither here nor there

• relative location

• absolute location

• Somewhere over the rainbow

What causes distortion on a map?

• Poor ink quality used by the map company.

• Map makers are not trained properly.

• Dishonest map makers.

• Trying to show a 3-dimensional object on a 2-dimensional map.

Look to this part of the map to quickly see what type of information the map is communicating...

• Compass rose

• Map title

• Equator

• Map scale

"North, south, east, and west" are known as the...

• Cardinal directions

• Intermediate directions

• Wildcat directions

• Coordinates

Another name for the "map legend" is the ...

• Map scale

• Map key

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

Lines that run east-west on the globe and measure distance from the equator are called lines of ___________.

• International Date Line

• Meridians

• Latitude

• Longitude

How many degrees can you travel north or south of the equator? (from equator to the north or south pole)

• 30

• 45

• 90

• 180

Longitude is the measurement of distance from the ...

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

• Tropic of Capricorn

What unit do we use to measure longitude and latitude?

• Inches

• Feet

• Degrees

• Kilometers