World Geography

What is a scale model of the Earth but doesn’t show much detail?

• A globe

• A printed map

• Numbers

• geography graph

What is a symbolic representation of all or part of the planet?

• The globe

• printed maps

• Numbers

• Geograph graph

What is a Cartographers?

• Human trackers

• people who study carts

• people who make maps

• people who have a thing for cultures

Lines of latitude circle the Earth parallel to the Equator like a ladder. What do they measure?

• the distance north and south of

  the Equator

• the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian at 0 degrees longitude

Lines of longitude circle the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole, which longitude is long. What do they measure?

• The distance north and south of

  the Equator.

• The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian at 0 degrees longitude

The _____________ of a place can be found by naming the latitude and longitude lines that cross exactly at that place

• absolute location

• prime meridian

Everything West of the Prime Meridian is A)____, and everything to the East of the line is in the B)____.

• A) West, B) East

• A) North, B)South

• A) East, B) West

• A) South, B) West

A compass rose indicates....

• the four cardinal directions

• North, South, East, West

• directions

• locations

The cardinal directions...

• North, South, East, West

• four cardinal directions

• locations

• directions

What is the difference between a physical map and a political map?

• A physical map shows the location and the topography, or shape of the Earth’s physical features, while the political map shows the boundaries and locations of political units such as countries, states, counties, parishes, cities, and towns

• A Political map shows the location and the topography, or shape of the Earth’s physical features, while the physical map shows the boundaries and locations of political units such as countries, states, counties, parishes, cities, and towns