Geography Skills

Question 0

Map

Answer 0

A flat drawing of all or part of the Earth’s surface

Question 1

What is a globe?

Answer 1

A round model of the earth that shows its shape, lands, and directions

Question 2

Good overall view of the continet’s shapes and sizes

Answer 2

Winkle Tripel Projections

Question 3

Shows landscapes fairly accurate but not in size or distance. It shows true directions and is useful for sea travel

Answer 3

Mercator projection

Question 4

Minor distortions, north and south poles appear flattened

Answer 4

Robinson projection

Question 5

Shows continents close to there true shapes and sizes

Answer 5

Goodes interrupted projections

Question 6

Lines of latitude

Answer 6

Imaginary circles that run east to west

Question 7

Imaginary lines that run north to south

Answer 7

Lines of longitude

Question 8

A place’s exact location by using both latitude and longitude

Answer 8

Absolute location

Question 9

What decides the earth into the north and the south hemispheres?

Answer 9

The equator

Question 10

What devides the earth into the eastern and the western hemispheres?

Answer 10

The Prime Meridian

Question 11

What is simbolized by a solid circle?

Answer 11

Cities

Question 12

What is symbolized by a star?

Answer 12

Capitals

Question 13

Shows the extent of an area’s territory of political influence

Answer 13

Boundary lines

Question 14

Compass rose

Answer 14

Tells you the cardinal direction

Question 15

Title

Answer 15

Tells you what info the map is showing

Question 16

Key

Answer 16

Explains the symbols,colors, and lines

Question 17

What helps you figure out the distance on the map?

Answer 17

Scale bar

Question 18

What is scale?

Answer 18

The size of a map compared to the size of the actual land surface

Question 19

Shows a large land area but little detail

Answer 19

Small scale

Question 20

Shows small amount of land area with great amount of detail

Answer 20

Large scale

Question 21

General purpose maps

Answer 21

Shows a wide range of info about an area

Question 22

Physical Maps

Answer 22

Call out landforms and water features

Question 23

Political Maps

Answer 23

Show the names and political boundaries of countries, along with human- made features such as cities or transportation routes.

Question 24

What kind of maps are made to present specific types of info, it includes climate, vegetation, natural resources, population, density, and historical expansion?

Answer 24

Thematic/ Special Purpose Maps

Question 25

What kind of maps show events that occurred in a region over time?

Answer 25

Historical Maps

Question 26

What Mao has contour lines?

Answer 26

Contour Maps

Question 27

What map shows different plants found in that region?

Answer 27

Vegetation Maps

Question 28

What is a Graph?

Answer 28

They present and summarize info visually

Question 29

What is a chart?

Answer 29

Present related facts and numbers in an organized way

Question 30

What is a diagram?

Answer 30

Drawers that show steps in a process, point out the parts of an object, or explain how something works