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!