CULTURE A person’s or group’s way of life Culture is made up of: ArchitectureMusic Arts CelebrationsClothing Food FurnitureLanguage Beliefs/Religion Science/Technology Culture is influenced by: technologyenvironment/resources/climate people/familyreligion/beliefs
A CARTOGRAPHER Is a map maker Take photos of the earth/area Identify and label all of the important items in the photo Make symbols to represent the important items in the photo Make a map of the area using symbols
ELEMENTS OF A GOOD MAP
DATE Tells us when the map was made.2001
ORIENTATION Refers to the cardinal directions and is shown by a north arrow or compass rose.
GRID A set of intersecting lines that provides a way of determining the absolute location of a place.
SCALE Shows the relationship of map distances to actual distances on the earth’s surfaces.
TITLE Describes what the map shows or is about.
AUTHOR Identifies the individual or institution that created the map.
INDEX Presents an alphabetical list of places on a map and gives the grid location of each place.
LEGEND Defines the map’s symbols.
Culture and Geography Quiz Practice and Review Directions: Use the map above and your handouts to help you complete this activity.
1)Using the map’s bar scale, create a word scale that would be appropriate for the map of Paradise Lake State Park. 2)What town is: a)40 miles northwest of Baxter? _____________________ b) 120 miles SW of Delta? ______________________ c) 100 miles southwest of Jappa? ____________________ 3) Name the two types of directions shown on the map’s orientation and give an example for each type. 4)What is the direction and distance of: a)Essex from Flip? __________________________ b) Clinton from Parma? _________________________ c) Parma from Notch? _________________________ One inch equals 50 miles Alpha Morris Parma Cardinal = North Intermediate = SW West 80 miles NW 160 miles E 75 miles
5) Name the two different types of map symbols that can be used on a map and give an example for each type from the Paradise Lake State Park map. 6) Describe how a cartographer would have went about making the Paradise Lake State Park map. 7)Name the influence of culture that goes with each description. a)The people of Gull Island travel by boat ____________________ b) The Ranger Station hosts an annual Earth Day festival to teach about recycling and composting ____________________ c) Bass Island is only powered by wind and solar power _________________ 1)List three other facts that could help you on the Culture and Geography Quiz. Physical Features = the lake Human Features = towns/cities Got a photograph of Paradise Lake State Park Labeled all the important items on the photo Made symbols for the important items in the photo Made a map of Paradise Lake State Park by using the created symbols environment beliefs technology
SOUTHERN OCEAN
Equator South Pole 90 S Prime Meridian Northern and Western Hemispheres
Latitude
Hemispheres
Longitude
Hemispheres
Coordinates
50 N 5 N 35 N 30 S
60 W 30 W 75 E