Ch1 Geography Review

is a description, explanation, or table of symbols printed on a map or chart to permit a better understanding or interpretation of it.

• Compass Rose

• Legend

• Map Scale

A circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart is called a

• Key

• Equator

• Compass Rose

is the relationship between a distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the earth.

• Map Scale

• Compass Rose

• Geography

is set of instructions that tell you how to interpret a map

• Globe

• Key

• Longitude

is an imaginary line that is located halfway between the North and South poles, 0 degrees.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

is an imaginary line that is used as 0 degrees longitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

measures North and South of the equator. To remember this think of a ladder.

• Latitude

• Longitude

measure East and West of the Prime Meridian

• Latitude

• Longitude

Location, Movement, Place, Region, and Human Environmental Interactions are all part of

• G.R.A.P.E.S.

• 5 Themes of Geography

• Ancient Civilizations

An exact location of something, rather than a general description is known as

• Absolute

• Relative

• Estimated