Features MapsGlobes Directions Mixed Review

Is a lake a human or physical feature?

Physical Feature

Is a road a human or physical feature?

Human Feature

Is a library a human or physical feature?

Human Feature

Give four examples of human features?

Houses, roads, schools, police station, railroad tracks, etc.

Give four examples of physical features?

Lakes, ponds, plains, plateaus, mountains, deserts, etc.

What shows us a “bird’s eye view” of the land?

Aerial photograph

What kind of map uses symbols, shows borders of states or countries, may show cities, roads, or other human features?

Political Map

Where do I look to find out what a specific symbol means?

Map Key or Legend

What does a physical map show us?

What the physical land looks like. It may use colors or patterns to identify plains, desert, mountains, etc.

Explain how a political map and physical map are different.

A physical map shows what the physical features of the land look like, but a political map does not.

What is the imaginary line that runs through the center of the earth dividing it into northern and southern hemispheres?

Equator

What is the imaginary line that runs through the center of the earth dividing it into western and eastern hemispheres?

Prime Meridian

Draw a diagram of the earth labeling the North and South Poles and the equator.

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Draw a diagram of the earth labeling the Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle and the Tropics.

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Draw 2 diagrams of the earth. Label the northern and southern hemispheres on one and the western and eastern hemispheres on the other.

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Complete the compass rose. N

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Which direction would you travel if you wanted to go from the teacher’s desk to the classroom door?

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In which direction would you travel if you started at the classroom door and wanted to go to the dry erase board?

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In which direction would you travel if you started at your classroom door and wanted to go down the hallway to the library?

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In which direction would you travel if you started in Solon and wanted to get to Lake Erie?

North

On what type of map would you find a fire station?

Political

On what type of map would you find a plateau?

Physical

Is North America in the northern or southern hemisphere?

northern hemisphere

Which imaginary line vertically divides the earth in half?

Prime Meridian

Which imaginary line is above or north from the equator…the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn?

The Tropic of Cancer