geography review thank you, ms. wampole!. mapmakers often use the color blue on maps to stand for a....
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GEOGRAPHY REVIEW
Thank you, Ms. Wampole!
• Mapmakers often use the color blue on maps to stand for
• A. Mountains• B. the Eastern Hemisphere
• C. the North Pole• D. oceans
D. OCEANS
• Which types of lines go vertically and tell us how far east or west we need to go to locate a place?
•LINES OF LONGITUDE
• Use your map to answer the question.
• Go to the 120th meridian of longitude.
• What are the 4 U.S. states this meridian passes through?
•WASHINGTON•OREGON•NEVADA
•CALIFORNIA
• What are the four cardinal directions?
•NORTH•SOUTH•EAST•WEST
• The prime meridian divides the Earth into which two
hemispheres?
•EASTERN HEMISPHERE•WESTERN
HEMISPHERE
• What is a global grid?
•A global grid is a set of crisscrossing lines (the lines of
longitude and latitude)
• When you stand facing south, you are looking toward the
• A. prime meridian• B. Eastern Hemisphere
• C. North Pole• D. South Pole
•D. SOUTH POLE
• What are the intermediate directions?
•NORTHEAST•NORTHWEST•SOUTHEAST•SOUTHWEST
• True or False
• Maps show sizes and distances as they really are.
• FALSE
• Of course not!• They are always much smaller than the part of
the Earth they represent.
• Using your map, locate the city of New Orleans.
What is the location of New Orleans (using lines and degrees
of latitude and longitude)?
•NEW ORLEANS IS
LOCATED AT 30°N
LATITUDE, 90°W LONGITUDE.
• What are lines of latitude and what do they show?
• LINES OF LATITUDE ARE IMAGINARY LINES THAT RUN
HORIZONTALLY AROUND THE EARTH AND TELL US
HOW FAR NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR A PLACE
IS LOCATED
•What are the five regions into
which the Earth is divided?
• NORTHEAST• SOUTHEAST• MIDWEST
• SOUTHWEST• WEST
• Which line of latitude divides the Earth into two halves, the
Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere?
•THE EQUATOR
• Fill in the blank.
• Mapmakers use a _____________ to explain their symbols.
•MAP KEY
• Using your map, answer the following question.
• Which state is located at 45°N
latitude, 120°W longitude?
•WASHINGTON
• THANK YOU, MS. WAMPOLE!