1. World Cultural Geography
Map Basics
World Cultural Geography

2. The Legend A legend is what helps you read a map
Legends contain symbols that tell you about different parts of the map
Legends can tell you about lots of different things
Natural Features
Rivers, Lakes, forests, natural resources
Man Made Features
Roads, parks, miles

4. Compass Rose
A compass rose helps people to determine the direction of a map
A compass rose shows North, North East, East, South East, South, South West, West, North West

6. Hemispheres Hemisphere
This describes the earth split into two equal halves
Equator
The imaginary line that divides the north and south halves.
Prime Meridian
The imaginary line dividing the earth east and west.

8. Time Zones International time zones were established in 1884
Each time zone represents 1 hour (there are 24 time zones)
Each time zone represents 15 degrees of longitude
The prime meridian is the starting point for all time zones
At the 180 degree mark we have the international date line

10. Seven continents Seven continents
Australia, Antarctica, Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa

11. Oceans There are 5 oceans in the world
The Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern (Antarctic)