2. World Geography Review North America South America Africa Australia/Oceania Asia Europe Antarctica Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Arctic Ocean
Review continents: N. & S. America, Europe/Asia, Africa, Austrailia/Oceania, Antarctica Review Oceans:
Continents, then oceans. (Southern Ocean not listed) Middle East is a part of Asia, Greenland is a part of North America
Old World map from 1500s, shortly after Columbus sailed to the New World Sightseeing map of Bulgaria Native Eskimo Languages of Alaska
illustrate the physical features of an area, such as the mountains, rivers and lakes. The water is usually shown in blue. Colors are used to show relief—differences in land elevations. Green is typically used at lower elevations, and orange or brown indicate higher elevations.
do not show physical features. Instead, they indicate state and national boundaries and capital and major cities. A capital city is usually marked with a star within a circle.
road maps of Spain and Pakistan, tourist map of ?Belgium?
Lines that are close together indicate steep terrain, and lines that are far apart indicate flat terrain. Very important for hikers and military or anyone traveling off-road or through the wilderness.
Mapmakers, use colors to show different climate or precipitation zones.
Cartographers use symbols to show the locations of natural resources or economic activities. For example, oranges on a map of Florida tell you that oranges are grown there.
Civil war battles, Oregon trail and Pearl Harbor
All are most accurate at points which touch the globe. Mercator is a cylindrical projection useful during sea navigation because the cardinal directions (N, S, E, W) are displayed as straight lines. Conic projections are generally used for smaller areas, such as maps of the U.S. Azimuthal projections are helpful for mapping air-travel routes because they can accurately show the shortest distance between two points.
If all we had was this map and we happened to be in Shreveport, LA, it would be fairly simple to determine how many miles we'd need to drive before reaching Baton Rouge (the state capitol).
Columbia Gorge - if you needed to get from "25" to "30", the quickest path would not be a straight line. Look at roads, railroads and notice how many lines of elevation are crossed.
30 minutes is the same as ½ a degree, so it's easier to use decimals.
45 th Parallel
Where do the Prime Meridian and the Equator cross? 360degrees/24hours=15
Where are the Prime Meridian and Equator? The Philippines
Old World map from 1500s, shortly after Columbus sailed to the New World Sightseeing map of Bulgaria Native Eskimo Languages of Alaska
