Geography of World Regions - Chapter 1 and Africa

What is the job of a cartographer?

• create maps

• dig up artifacts

• research political issues

• explain the different careers in the field of geography

Lines of ______________ are imaginary lines that run north to south from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

• Hemisphere

A three dimensional, or spherical, representation of Earth is called a _______.

• thematic map

• political map

• globe

• physical map

This shows how much distance on Earth is represented by distance on the map or globe.

• longitude lines

• latitude lines

• compass rose

• scale

Half of Earth is called a _____________. The equator divides Earth North and South while the Prime Meridian divides Earth East and West.

• scale

• hemisphere

• symbol

• legend

The exact point where a place is located is called the ___________ ____________.

• northern hemisphere

• prime meridian

• equator

• absolute location

The height of a physical feature above sea level is known as the _____________.

• cartographer

• elevation

• relief

• hemisphere

26.3351° N, 17.2283° E is the __________ _____________ of the nation of Libya.

• absolute location

• relative location

• average temperature

• average rainfall

Suppose you wanted to create a map showing the location of restaurants in your community, which type of map would you create?

• political map

• physical map

• low scale map

• thematic map

If you were to take a globe apart and flatten it out, the flat, two dimensional representation of Earth is referred to as a _________.

• longitude line

• equator

• map

• prime meridian