1. Bell Ringer: On your desk, there is a blank world map. Using the spaces provided on the map, please label the oceans and continents. You may NOT use any resource to help (no electronic device, atlases, etc.). Please complete on your own! Label what you can!

2. Mapping Concepts and Features: Coordinates: the intersection of latitude and longitude lines, which identify the absolute location of a place. Latitude: locations north or south of the Equator, measured by imaginary lines called parallels numbered in degrees north or south. Equator: zero degrees latitude, divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

3. Mapping Concepts and Features: Longitude: locations east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured by imaginary lines called meridians numbered in degrees east or west. Prime Meridian: zero degrees longitude; also known as the Greenwich meridian because it was established at the Greenwich observatory near London, England. Relative Location: describes where a place on the globe is in relation to another place.

4. Mapping Concepts and Features: Scale: indicates the relationship between the distances on the map and the actual distances on Earth. Cardinal Directions: the basic directions on the earth: north, south, east, and west Intermediate Directions: directions that fall between cardinal directions: northwest, southwest, southeast, and northeast.

5. Mapping Concepts and Features: Directional Indicator: a device drawn on maps to show direction (ex. Compass Rose). Orientation: an object or person's position in relation to true north.