Map Skills Flashcards
2 imaginary lines that create the hemispheres.
Prime Meridian
Equator
Seven continents and oceans
N. America, S. America, Australia, Antarctica , Asia, Europe, Africa.
Pacific, arctic, Atlantic, Indian.
Movement of the earth effects our environment by
Creating 4 seasons & days and nights
What’s is the affect of latitude on climate.
Closer to equator the hotter it is
What is geography
Study of Earth and its people
What is caused by earths rotation
Days and nights 24 hours
What is caused by earths revolution
Seasons 365 1/4 days
What are the four parts of the map
Compass rose
Map key
Title
Scale
How do historians organize dates an event
In chronological order on a timeline
What does BC and A.D. stand for on a timeline
Before Christ and Anno Domini
What is an equinox in the solstice
The point at which everywhere on earth days and nights are equal in length- equinox
Point at which days are longer in one hemisphere shortest in another-solstice
What is an axis
An imaginary line running through earth between the north and south poles
Who is a demographer
Scientists who study human population
