Social Studies Flashcards
My Social Studies´ list (19 cards)
Longitude
Imaginary lines that cross the globe from north to south.
Time zones
Imaginary lines that help us to know the time in each place of the Earth.
Latitude line at 0°
Equator
Equator
Latitude line that divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
Prime Meridian
Longitude line that divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres.
Longitude line at 0°.
Prime Meridian
Internacional date line
An imaginary line where a new calendar day begins.
How many time zones are in the world?
24
Climate map
Shows the avarage temperature in places and preciptation levels.
How long is a Time zone?
Every 15° of longitude forms one Time Zone.
What are coordinates?
Coordinates are the meeting point of a longitude line and a latitude line, that shows locations on Earth.
Physical maps
Physical maps shows us physical features including mountains, rivers, landforms and etc.
What is the distance from one latitude line to another?
69 miles.
Road maps
This map shows highways, roads, seaports, airports and cities.It helps us to plain road trips and finding destinations.
Economic and Resource map
This map shows natural resources and also economic resources.
Topographical map
This maps shows elevations.
Interrupted area map
This map put lands ( continents ) in evidence and the oceans are not in evidence.In this map proportions are close to reality.
Political maps
This maps shows borders, countries, capitals and major cities (most important cities in one place).
Mercator projection map
In this map the Earth is in the shape of a square, which makes the poles of Earth bigger.And this map is very useful when using coordinates.
