Test 1 Flashcards
(19 cards)
The art and science of making maps
Cartography
A 3-dimensional representation of the Earth. A sphere.
Globe
A person that makes maps
Cartographer
A 2-dimensional graphic picture representation of the earths surface showing how things are related to each other by distance direction and size
Map
This tells you what region or place the map represents.
Title
Explains what the symbols and colors on the map represent
Key
Picture represents a feature or object
Symbols
The relationship between the distance on the map and the actual distance on the earth’s surface
Scale
Navigation instrument that uses the earths magnetic field to determine
Direction
Compass
Shows cardinal and intermediate directions
Compass rose
Cardinal directions.
North, south, east, west
Intermediate directions
Northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest
Imaginary horizontal lines (parallel) on a grid map
Latitude
Imaginary vertical (not parallel) on a grid map
Longitude
Half the earth’s surface
Hemisphere
Imaginary latitude line that divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Equator
Imaginary longitude line that divides the earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Prime Meridian
Where does the Prime Meridian run through
Royal Greenwich Observatory in Greenwich, England
Latitude and longitude lines from an imaginary grid over the Earth’s surface.
Map grid
