Topic 1 Lessons 1-2

What is the measure of distance in degrees north and south from the equator?

• latitude
• longitude
• elevation
• topography

37 degrees North, 76 degrees West is an example of what?

• Absolute Location

• Relative Locations

Across the street from Raceway

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

What is a region?

• A group of places with something in common that link them together

• a place with a unique characteristic

• What a place is like when you get there

• A location that has gone through changes due to the behaviors of humans

What type of map shows borders of countries, states, provinces, and cities?

• poltical

• thematic

• physical

• natural resource

What kind of map is this?

• political

• physical

• thematic

• hydrolic

Lines of latitude

• measures distance away from the equator

• measures distance away from the prime meridian

lines of longitude

• measures distance away from the equator

• measures distance away from the prime meridian

0 degrees latitude

• equator

• prime meridian

• tropic of cancer

• tropic of capricorn

0 degrees longitude

• equator

• prime meridian

• international date line