Maps Flashcards
Define: Cartographers
The people who practice cartography.
Define: Cartography
The science or practice of drawing maps.
What are the types of maps?
Political Map, Physical Map, Population Map, Road Map, Climate Map, Weather Map, Robinson Projection Map, Natural Resources Map, and Topographic Map.
Define: Political map
Show where the countries, capitals, and major cities are located.
Define: Physical map
Show where features on the earth’s surface are. Ex: mountains, rivers, lakes, and plains.
Define: Population map
Show where people live and how many.
Define: Road map
Show major highways and roads, airports, railroad tracks, cities, and other points of interest in an area.
Define: Climate map
Give general info about the climate.
What are the parts of the map?
The compass rose, the legend/ key, and the scale.
Define: compass rose
A symbol that shows where north, south, east, and west are on the map. If a map doesn’t have a compass rose, assume the top of the map is north and the bottom is south, etc.
Define: Legend/ Key
Shows the info that is needed to read the map correctly.
Define: Scale
Shows the relationship between distance on the map and distance in real life.
What are the parts of the globe?
Continents, Major Oceans, Latitude and Longitude, Hemispheres, Equator, and Prime Meridian
Define: latitude
Refers to the lines that are drawn east and west but they measure north and south of the equator splitting the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Define: longitude
Lines run north and south but are numbered and measured east and west from the prime meridian.
