Unit 1 World Cultures

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Longitude Line

an imaginary line that divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres and cuts the earth from north to south pole

• Santa's Delivery Route

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Latitude Lines

Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

A globe is what type of earth representation?

• 2D

• Flat

• 3D

• What's a globe...

On a map, what does the Title tell you?

• Nothing just there for looks

• Tells you what symbols to look for

• Shows you direction of the map

• Subject of map

Which element names places on a map like bodies of water, cities, and certain landforms.

• Compass Rose

• Symbols

• Title

• Labels

Colors and symbols do all of the following EXCEPT

• Represent specific information on the map

• Represents the direction of latitude and longitude

• Gives you information on what the map is representing

• Helps you in reading the map

the position of a place on the Earth's surface

• environment

• unique

• location

• regions

Human-Environment Interaction explains

• how people and places are linked

• how people adapt the the environment and how they change it

• where it is at

• what makes it different of unique from other places

The theme that categorizes areas of the Earths surface that have several common characteristics, such as land, natural resources, and population

• unique

• regions

• movement

• immigrant