Map Skills Flashcards
Does Latitude run across the map or up and down the map? What about Longitude?
Latitude- across
Longitude- up and down.
Are Longitude and Latitude measured in cm, mm or degrees?
Degrees
What does Os mean? Ordance survey or open satellite?
Ordance survey
What does the P sign stand for?
Parking
What is a scale on a map.
It is the distance between different places
4 figure grid references, do you look first at the east ins or northwings?
Eastings
6 figure grid references. Do you look at the bottom number first, then you choose a number from 1-9 and place it as a ruler and indicate the number roughly on a scale where it is, after look at the numbers on the side and finally choose another number from 1-9 roughly where it would be in a scale?
*answer is Yes or No
Yes
Layer colouring. Is it rue that the darker the colour the higher the land?
True
Is a field sketch a geographical picture drawn by hand using a pencil?
Yes
What is the definition of linear patterns? Give advantages and disadvantages.
Linear patterns are where the houses are in a straight line. Advantages-easy to build, transport links. Disadvantages- traffic, noise, bad views, contamination, accidents etc.
What is a nucleated settlement? Give advantages and disadvantages.
It is a settlement built at a central point (eg. Town square) advantages- lots of facilities. Disadvantages- noise, urban environment, traffic, difficult to find and buy a house.
What is a dispersed patterns? Give advantages and disadvantages.
They are rural- surrounded by countryside, houses are far apart. Advantages- no noise, farmers have farmland, no traffic, bigger houses, etc. disadvantages- dangerous animals, bad transport, not many facilities and no choice of employment.
Settlement functions is…?
It is the reason why a settlement was built. (Eg. Beijing factories and manufacturing, Fuerteventura- tourist attractions.)
Ledc means…?
Less
Economically
Developed
Countries
Medc means…?
More
Economically
Developed
Countries
Nic means…?
Newly
Industrialised
Countries
China has a famous wall, what is it called?
The Great Wall of China
What are the differences between weather and climate?
Weather is the day to day conditions, and climate is the average weather in a place.
What are the three types of rain?
Conventional rain, frontal rain and relief rain.
Ways to measure the weather. What do the thermometer, rain gauge, anemometer, wind vane and barometer do?
Thermometer-measures the temperature. Rain gauge-measures rainfall. Anemometer-measure wind speed. Wind vane-shows wind direction. Barometer-measures air pressure.
What is the One Child policy in China?
It is that the people cannot have more than one child.
What is cattle ranching?
It is a farm where cows are grown and produced.
Give some physical and human features.
Physical- rivers, volcanoes, weather and climate.
Human- settlements and developments.
What do we use For knowing the directions?
Compass
