Map Skills Chapter Review

Lines of latitude run east to west; lines of longitude run north to south

• True

• False

A map is more accurate than a globe because it does not distort physical reality

• True

• False

The map feature that indicates north, south, east, and west is the map key.

• True

• False

Geographers look at how people, products, ideas, and information move from one place to another.

• True

• False

Geographers can use satellite information to look for changes in the shape of the land.

• True

• False

the shape and nature of the land

• Spacial

• scale

• landforms

• relief

refers to Earth’s features in terms of their locations, shapes, and relationships to one another

• landform

• landscapes

• relief

• spacial

the difference between the elevation of one feature and the elevation of another nearby feature

• landform

• relief

• landscape

• scale

the relationship between distances on a map and on Earth

• scale

• relief

• landforms

• spacial

portions of Earth’s surface that can be viewed at one time and from one location

• relief

• landforms

• landscapes

• scale