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.

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!