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Map Skills Study Guide . Please remember your all stars homework tomorrow . 1. The Earth is a sphere. 2. The Earth rotates on it’s axis. 3. Two things that cause changes in the seasons are the revolution and the tilt of the earth on it’s axis. 4. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Map Skills Study Guide
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Please remember your all stars homework tomorrow
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• The Earth is a sphere.
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The Earth rotates on it’s axis.
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• Two things that cause changes in the seasons are the revolution and the tilt of the earth on it’s axis.
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• The imaginary line that circles the earth between the north and south poles is called the equator.
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• Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek scholar.
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• Grids on a map show location.
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• Lines on a map that run parallel to the equator are called lines of latitude.
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• Lines on a map that run from the North to the South poles are called lines of longitude.
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• An instrument that measures distance traveled is called an odometer.
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• The purpose of a map scale is to show relationship between a model and the real thing.
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• Contour lines show the distance above sea level.
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• Map makers use different projections to show a spherical object on a flat map.
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• A Mercator projection map has a problem with distortion.
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• Cartographers are map makers.
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• An isthmus is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land.
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• Moisture that falls to the earth surface is called precipitation.
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• Population density shows the amount of people concentrated in a specific location.
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• The letters A.D. stand for Anno Domini which means in the year of our Lord.
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• There are 100 years in a century.
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• A time line shows specific events in order.
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• We measure distance on a map with a map scale.
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• Another name for 0 degrees longitude is the Prime Meridian.