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1 Chapter 1 Study Guide Review!

2 1. What kind of map shows human made features? Political Map
2. What does a physical map show? Shows the earths natural features What is the difference between elevation and relief? Elevation is the height of a physical feature above sea level. Relief is the change in elevation from one place to another

3 Which part of a map tells the subject of a map? The title
What are the five themes of geography-list and describe them: place(human and physical characteristics of a place), location (absolute and relative location of a place), human environment interaction (how people affect the environment and how the environment affects people), movement (how people, ideas, and animals move from one place to another) , region (group of places that have common characteristics)

4 6. Which part of a map represents information such as natural resources and economic activities? Symbols 7. What are imaginary lines that run east and west but measure distance north and south? Latitude 8. What are imaginary lines that run north and south but measure east and west? Longitude

5 9. Which part of the map shows directions? The compass
10. What is a map projection? What are the different kinds of projections? A map projection is a way of showing Earth’s curved surface on a flat map. The different kinds of projections are the Azimuthal, Mercator, Robinson, Winkel Tripel, Homolosine 11. Which map projection is the most accurate and preferred by National Geographic's Winkle tripel

6 12. Describe what a thematic map is and provide some examples thematic maps focus on topics. Examples would be climate maps, population maps, resource maps. Examples of the types are point symbol maps, population density maps, and proportional symbol maps 13. How do geographers find absolute location? What do they use? Global positioning systems. Lines of latitude and longitude

7 14. What is the center line of latitude
14. What is the center line of latitude? What is the center line of longitude? Latitude: equator Longitude: prime meridian 15. What is the difference between a small and a large scale map? large scale maps show more details and covers a small area. Small scale maps cover more area but show less detail 16. Draw a picture of a globe and label the hemispheres

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