1. Parts of a Map Map Projections
All of these terms will be tested on a Unit Common Assessment or the EOC!

2. Compass Rose - a circle or shape showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart

3. Key – Maps have symbols that stand for things that are drawn on a map.

4. Scale – shows a way to measure distance, either in kilometers or feet

5. Title - Tells what the map is about

6. *define the coordinate system –latitude/longitude
Grid –
*define the coordinate system –latitude/longitude
*Coordinates are numbered to provide a unique reference to features

7. On the back of your paper draw a large rectangle

8. Distortion:
When a globe (or round object) is flattened , it changes the shapes and sizes of continents and bodies of water

9. Map Projections http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI36MWAH54s
Mercator –
Poles are not shown as a point
Has lines the same length of the equator
Extreme distortion in the higher latitudes,
Designed for navigation
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10. Goode’s Homolosine & Eckert IV
Goode’s Homolosine/Interrupted
Show shapes well
Shown more accurately
Interruptions allow land areas to be shown with less distortion
Eckert IV
Minor shape distortions
Often used to map world climates or other themes

11. Gall Peters & Armadillo
Greatly distorts shapes
Features near the equator are stretched vertically
Armadillo –
Gives students the impression of a map being peeled from a globe

12. Miller Cylindrical & Winkel tripel
Based on the Mercator
Shapes are not as accurate of those of the Mercator
Less distortion
Used when mapping world time zones
Winkel Tripel –
Parallel lines result in a map with realistic shapes and minor size distortions

13. Mollweide Reminds viewers of a globe
Used for world distribution maps such things as crops, livestock, and people

14. Robinson & Van der Grinten
Compromise between Mercator and Mollweide
Full projection forms a circle
Poles are normally not shown
Robinson –
Presents a reasonable overall picture of the world
Often used for educational materials

15. Thematic Maps
Type of map or chart especially designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area. These maps "can portray physical, social, political, cultural, economic, sociological, agricultural, or any other aspects of a city, state, region, nation, or continent

17. Intermediate Directions
CARDINAL DIRECTIONS
Intermediate Directions

18. How Well Do You Know Your Directions?

19. NORTH
NORTH is the direction at the top of the compass rose.

20. SOUTH is the direction at the bottom of the compass rose.

21. EAST
EAST is the direction to the right on the compass rose.

22. WEST
WEST is the direction to the left on the compass rose.

23. Cardinal Directions
North
West
East
South

24. Intermediate DirectionsNW NE W E SW SE S
*Draw this compass rose in your geo notebook

25. Regions of the United StatesNW NE NW NE W E SW SE SW SE S