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What Parts Of a map can you name? what do you look for when you see a map?

Warm Up 3. What Parts Of a map can you name? what do you look for when you see a map?. Introduction to Map Skills. Important parts of A Map & Globe – thing to look for first. 6 Things that should be on EVERY map T itle - should be pertaining to the subject of the map.

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What Parts Of a map can you name? what do you look for when you see a map?

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  1. Warm Up 3 What Parts Of a map can you name?what do you look for when you see a map?

  2. Introduction to Map Skills

  3. Important parts of A Map & Globe – thing to look for first 6 Things that should be on EVERY map • Title - should be pertaining to the subject of the map. • Orientation - Compass Rose should indicate North. • Date- What the date is. • Author- Who created the map. • Legend - What symbols mean on the map. (key) • Scale- The size of space on the map TODALS!

  4. Parts of a Mapthis is the title! ;) Map Scale Compass Rose shows the “orientation” Map Key/Legend

  5. Activity: Identify the Map Parts 1-4Raise your hand to answer 

  6. What types of maps are there? • Physical • Political • Thematic (Chloropleth and Cartogram)

  7. What Are Political Maps? • Show features on the earth’s surface that humans created Political Borders – borders decided by Governments (latitude & longitude) • Examples? National and State Borders, City Limits, capitals

  8. What Are Physical Maps? • show types of landforms and bodies of water • Physical Borders – countries Separated by a physical feature • Ex. Rio Grande River, Ural Mountains

  9. What Are Chloropleths? • Thematic map that uses graded differences in shading or color or the placing of symbols inside defined areas on the map in order to indicate the average values of some property or quantity in those areas • Many different kinds. Examples??? • Climate • Vegetation • Natural Resources • Population

  10. What are Cartograms? • A cartogram is a map in which some thematic mapping variable is substituted for land area or distance. • The geometry or space of the map is distorted in order to convey the information of this alternate variable.

  11. The Geographer’s Grid & Latitude/Longitude

  12. important lines on “Geographer’s Grid” • Equator - Runs East and West divides Earth into Northern and SouthernHemispheres • Prime Meridian Runs North and South Divides Earth into Eastern and WesternHemispheres

  13. What is a hemisphere? • One half of the Earth.

  14. The Tropics • Tropic of Cancer – • 23.5° North of Equator • Sun’s most northern location occurring on June 21st • Tropic of Capricorn – • 23.5° South of Equator • Sun’s most southern location occurring on December 21st

  15. the Polar Circles • Arctic Circle – • 66.5° North of the Equator • begins the North polar region • Antarctic Circle – • 66.5° South of the Equator • begins South polar regions

  16. It is a grid for finding your • location on the Earth. • Like “X and Y” from the grid in math class, • like a football field, • or like the game “Battleship” What is “Latitude and Longitude”?

  17. Latitude“Flatitude” • Run East/ West parallel to Equator • Measures North and South • Furthest North = 90 degrees North latitude • Furthest South = 90 degrees South latitude Important lines of Latitude: • Equator • Tropic of Cancer • Tropic of Capricorn • Arctic Circle • Antarctic Circle

  18. Longitude • Run north/ south • Measures East and West • There are 180 degrees of East longitude • and 180 degrees of West longitude • Total = 360 degree circle • All lines meet at North Pole and South Pole

  19. How do you use Latitude and Longitude to find your way? • Find the right hemispheres (N, S, E, W). • Trace latitude and longitude till they meet. • FOLLOW THE CURVE!

  20. Let’s Practice using Latitude and Longitude! But first, let’s watch Matt dance!

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