Tools of Geography

What does absolute location mean?

• comparing a location to another location

• the exact location like an address

• the name of the location

• not knowing the location

What does relative location mean?

• comparing one location to another location

• the exact location like an address

• a family member's location

• not knowing the address

What vocab word means the change in shape, size or position of a location on a map?

• compass rose

• title

• map key

• distortion

What do geographers use to show the exact location of a place on a map?

• map scale

• map key

• global grid

• nothing

Latitude line run from

• North to South

• East to West

Lines of Longitude run from

• North to South

• East to West

What cause Earth's seasons?

• Revolution

• Rotating

• orbit

• Earth's tilt

What are the name's of the northern most and southern most location where the sun never beats straight down?

• Artic Circle and Antarctic Circle

• North and South Pole

• Meridian

• Equator

What map feature compares the distance on a map with the distance on Earth?

• Compass Rose

• Map Scale

• Map Key

• the title

If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere which season is happening in the Southern Hemisphere?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter