key geography terms
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An introduction to the basic parts of a map and basic geography terms!. Key Geography Terms. Why is it important that we know how to read a map?. Do Now. List three parts of a map. Do Now. A set of pointers on a map used to show cardinal and intermediate directions. 1. Compass Rose. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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KEY GEOGRAPHY TERMS
An introduction to the basic parts of a map and basic geography terms!
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DO NOW Why is it important that we know how
to read a map?
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DO NOW List three parts of a map.
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1. COMPASS ROSE A set of pointers on a map used to
show cardinal and intermediate directions.
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2. CARDINAL DIRECTIONS 3. INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS
North South East West
Northeast Northwest Southeast Southwest
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4. COMPASS ROSE
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5 & 6. MAP KEY The legend or key explains what the
symbols on a map represent.
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DO NOW Which part of the map would you use
to…. Measure the distance from New York City
to North Plainfield? Determine which way Florida is from New
Jersey. Find all of the major cities listed on the
map. Determine what the map is about.
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7 & 8. SYMBOLS Map symbols are used to represent real
objects on a map. Both shapes and colors may be used
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9 & 10. SCALE A "scale" indicates the relationship
between a certain distance on the map and the distance on the ground. The map scale is usually located in the legend box of a map, which explains the symbols and provides other important information about the map.
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11. TITLE A title of a map describes what the
map is about.
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12. EQUATOR An imaginary line runs around the
center of Earth halfway between the North and South Poles at 0 degrees latitude.
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13. PRIME MERIDIAN An imaginary line that runs from the
North Pole to the South Pole of Earth.
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14. HEMISPHERE Half of the earth. The four halves are
the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, and Western Hemisphere.
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1. WHICH MAP PART IS THIS?
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2. WHICH MAP PART IS THIS?
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3. WHICH MAP PART IS THIS?
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4. WHICH MAP PART IS THIS?
Amusement Park
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5. WHICH MAP PART IS THIS?
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DO NOW
• Take 5 Minutes to Review for your Quiz• Turn in Worksheet Number 8 and your
Do Now Sheet.
• What is the Prime Meridian?
• What is the Equator?
• What is a Hemisphere?
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Turn to page 90. Look at map B, city states of Renaissance Italy. Measure the miles between the following places on the map.
A. Siena to Bologna B. Padua to Milan Milan to Rome
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USING THE PARTS OF A MAP
1.Tundra or ice2.Forest3.Grass4.Shrub or desertB. a. International boundaryB. b. Mountain peakB. c. CityB. d. Continental boundaryC. a. different barbarian invasions and migrationsC. b. empire and its additions
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USING THE PARTS OF A MAP
C. c.C. d. capitalC. 2. a. legendC.2. b. call outsC.2. c. unit timelineC.2. d. history questionsD. a. Early Settlements and civilizationsD. b. People Migrate Across the EarthD. c. graphD. d. ice sheets