Map Skills

Question 1

What is Geography?

Answer 1

The study of Earth’s landscapes, people, place and environment

Question 2

What are the three types of geography? Describe what they are.

Answer 2

Physical: Natural features and places on Earth’s landscapes. One example can be mountains.

Human: Where and how people live. One example is or homes.

Environmental: How humans and nature combine. One example is deforestation.

Question 3

Latitude

Answer 3

Lines around the earth

Question 4

Longitude

Answer 4

Lines over the earth

Question 5

What are the scales you use in maps?

Answer 5

Linear
Stated
Ratio

Question 6

What is the difference between a 4 grid reference and a 6 grid reference?

Answer 6

A 4 Grid reference is for example in a map you need to know were a place is but to know it with more accuracy you need a 6 grid reference.

Question 7

What are the different ways to measure heights?

Answer 7

Spot heights: Gives the exact height on a map and they are represented as black dots with numbers to give the height usually above sea level.
Layer Shading on a Map: Shading different heights an including a legend of what type of shade is each one.
Contour Lines: They are the most common in maps and are always circular. If you walked in the the same line as the contour line you would always be walking at the same height.

Question 8

If a contour line is in a v shape, what does it mean?

Answer 8

It means that there is a valley

Question 9

How you measure curved line distances?

Answer 9

You need to get a piece of paper and keep turning it around as the curved line wiggles