| Term | Definition |
|---|
| a map that shows natural and man-made features of the earth's surface in a pictorial style | topographic map |
| a map made from photographs by camera carrying satellites in space | landsat map |
| a map that shows specific information | informational map |
| A map that shows the boundaries of countries, states, and counties | political map |
| a map that shows relief by using lines | contour map |
| a map that shows elevation of the surface that you can touch and feel | relief map |
| the art of showing a curved surface on a flat map | projection map |
| it distorts the top and bottom | what is bad about projection maps? |
| parallels | another word for latitude is |
| meridians | another word for longitude is |
| prime meridian | longitude lines start at |
| equator | latitude lines start at |
| the poles | longitude line touch @ |
| never touch | latitude lines touch @ |
| 24,902 miles | circumfrence of earth at the equator |
| 24,860 miles | circumfrence of earth pole to pole |
| mt. everest | highest mountain |
| marianas trench | deepest trench |
| place | characteristic that make every location unique |
| region | basic building blocks of geography |
| movement | describes ways/reasons people, products and ideas move around in the word |
| human environmental interaction | cultural/physical relationships resulting from people adjusting to physical conditions |
| borneo, greenland, iceland, Madagascar | four largest islands alphabetical order |
| 24 | timezones on earth? |
| Greenwich Mean Time | GMT |
| 30% | land covering earth? |
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