Maps and Globes Test Review

shows the ratio between the distance on the map and distance in real life

• map scale

• geography

• physical map

• political map

tells you which way north, south, east, and west

• map scale

• projection

• compass rose

• latitude

lines that run from east and west of the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, England

• longitude

• latitude

• geography

• projection

lines that run from north to south of the earth’s equator

• longitude

• latitude

• geography

• map scale

study of earth and all its atmospheres

• projection

• latitude

• map scale

• geography

when cartographers make a transfer of the round Earth on to a flat surface

• geography

• projection

• latitude

• map scale

shows natural features like mountains, rivers, and natural landscape

• political map

• physical map

• thematic map

• geography

can show population, historical wars, or any other important information

• political map

• physical map

• thematic map

• map scale

shows borders of areas like countries

• physical map

• thematic map

• political map

• map scale

person who draws or produces maps

• geographer

• cartographer

• map scale

• compass rose