Unit 1: How Geographers Look At The World

A scale model of the Earth

• Map

• Globe

• Projection

• Great Circle Route

A symbolic representation of all of part of Earth

• Map

• Globe

• Projection

• Great Circle Route

The art and science of creating maps

• Geography

• Astronomy

• Astrology

• Cartography

A mapmaker who uses mathematical formulas to transfer information from a 3D globe to a 2D map

• Geologist

• Cartographer

• Chemist

• Astronomist

The shortest distance between two points

• Straight line

• Great Circle Route

• Map projection

• Longitude

An exact position on the globe

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Coordinates

• Latitude

Parallel lines that measure north or south of the Equator

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Grid

• Hemisphere

Lines that measure directions east or west of the Prime Meridian

• Latitude

• Grid

• Longitude

• Hemisphere

Degrees of latitude and longitude that pinpoint a specific spot on Earth

• Longitude

• Grid

• Hemisphere

• Coordinates

The location of one place compared to another

• Absolute location

• Coordinates

• Grid

• Relative location