1. Map Skills
This presentation coincides with the Map Skills Study Guide (Google document).

2. Yo Harp Egg!
A social scientist who studies the earth may say they love this. What is it?
Let’s get started!
The answer is GEOGRAPHY.

3. Five Themes of Geography
Remember Mr. Help!
Movement: How people, goods, and ideas move to and from a place
Region: Features of a place that set it apart from other places
Human-Environmental Interactions: How a place affects the people living there and how people living there affect the place
Location: Where a place is located and what it is near
Place: What the place is like

4. Movement
Geographers explain how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another!
Constantly moving
People
Ideas
Products
Information
Moving by…
Telephone
Car
Train
Computer
Satellite
Ship

5. Region
Geographers compare the climate, land, population, or history of one place to another.
Areas that share some common characteristics:
Small: neighborhood, county, city
Large: Great Plains, Western U.S., New England
Can also be determined by...
Type of work
Language
Landscape
Religion
Climate
Political boundaries

6. Human-Environmental Interaction
Geographers study how people affect or shape the physical characteristics of their natural surroundings, and how their surroundings affect them..
Environment is natural surroundings
People adapt their lives to survive in their environment
Humans always affect their environment:
Cut down forests
Build roads
Build houses
Plant gardens

7. Location
Geographers begin to study a place by finding where it is and what it is near.
Position of people and places on Earth.
Two types:
Relative
Absolute
Relative: The location of a place in relation to another place.
Absolute: Specific location on Earth’s surface.

8. Relative Location
Relative location uses cardinal and intermediate directions found on a compass rose. NW NE SW SE

9. - Which direction is Denver from Trinidad?
- Boulder is ___ of Durango.
- Which direction is Craig from Vail?
- Grand Junction is ___ of Yuma.
- To go from Fort Collins to Springfield, which direction would you travel?
- To go from Meeker to Pueblo, which direction do you travel?
Cardinal Directions: N, S, E, W
Intermediate Directions: NE, NW, SE, SW

10. Which direction would you travel to go from Florida to Iowa?
To go from California to South Dakota, which direction would you travel?
Maine is ___ of Ohio.
In which direction is Arizona from Wyoming?
Which direction would you go to travel from New Mexico to Indiana?
Kansas is ___ of Michigan.
What are the cardinal directions?
What about intermediate directions?
Tennessee is ___ of Louisiana.
Travel ___ to get from Kentucky to Pennsylvania.

11. What are some relative locations of Indiana?

12. Absolute Location
Absolute location uses lines of latitude and longitude to tell the exact location of place.

13. Latitude/Longitude Latitude (North/South) - Horizontal lines
Longitude (East/West) - Vertical lines
Latitude and longitude are always shown in degrees.
Lines of latitude or longitude are approximately 70 miles apart.
There are 180 lines of longitude and 180 lines of latitude.
This gives us a way to estimate distance, give accurate directions, and pinpoint a location.

14. Latitude Measures distance NORTH and SOUTH from the equator.
Lines of latitude are all parallel.
The equator marks 0° latitude.
Measured from 0° to 90° north
or south from the equator.
The North Pole is 90°N latitude.
The South Pole is 90°S latitude.

15. Latitude
A great way to remember latitude is to think that latitude lines look like the rungs on a ladder. Latitude and ladder
sound similar.
Can you think of a
different way?

16. Longitude Measures distance EAST and WEST of the Prime Meridian.
Lines of latitude are NOT parallel because they meet at the poles.
All lines of longitude meet at the North and South Poles.
The Prime Meridian is 0° longitude, and it is the dividing line for the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
The International Date Line is 180° longitude; it is neither east nor west.

17. Longitude
A great way to remember longitude line is that it sounds like looooongitude lines, like long lines. It’s a LONG way up to the North Pole!
Can you think of a
different way?

18. What letter is…
0°, 150°W
30°S, 0°
60°N, 120°W
30°N, 180°E
What is the latitude and longitude of… C H D F

19. What city is…
33°S, 151°E
18°S, 122°E
13°S, 131°E
27°S, 153°E
What is the latitude and longitude of…
Perth
Alice Springs
Adelaide
Menzies

20. Special Purpose Maps
The title of each special purpose map tells the purpose and content of the map.
Physical
Elevation
Population
Road
Political
Product
Rainfall/Weather

21. Physical Map
This map shows features of the Earth’s surface, including landforms, bodies of water, and terrain.
What is shown on this map key?
What other things do you think a physical map could show?

22. This map shows the number of people living in a particular area.
Population Map
This map shows the number of people living in a particular area.
What is Virginia’s population in 2000?
What conclusion can you draw from viewing this map?
About how many people live in California?

23. Political Map
This map shows cities, states, provinces, territories, and countries. Usually boundaries are indicated on a political map.
Is there a map key?
What is special about the cities shown on this map?
Why is this a political map?
About how many people live in California?

24. Weather Map
This map shows what the weather of a specific area has been or could be. Weather patterns are shown on maps by using symbols or shading.
What does this map show?
Justify why this is a weather map.
What was the daily average temperature of Richmond?
How many states have parts with greater than 70°F?

25. This map shows the heights of land in relation to the sea level.
Elevation Map
This map shows the heights of land in relation to the sea level.
What units are used on the key?
Describe why this map is an elevation map.
About how many feet above sea level is Denver?
The majority of the states is ___ meters above sea level.

26. This map is a guide for traveling from one place to another.
Road Map
This map is a guide for traveling from one place to another.
How many different interstate highways are there? State?
Name two local roads.
Describe how to get from Junction CIty to Third Fork.

27. Product Map
This map symbolizes products from a certain area (grown, manufactured, raised, or mined).
Near what city are shrimp harvested?
Name three products that are grown more in the southern part of Georgia than the northern part.
How many mined products are there? What are they?
What food is grown between Augusta and Savannah?

28. Parts of a Map
These parts of a map help us better understand the type of map we are studying.
Compass Rose: The symbol on a map that shows directions.
Scale: A diagram that shows the relationship between distances on a map and real distances on Earth.
Map Key (or Legend): An explanation of what the symbols on a map stand for.

29. Compass Rose
A compass rose is the symbol on a map that shows directions. Cardinal and intermediate directions may be shown.
When might intermediate directions help us more than cardinal?
Give two examples of when you may use the directions on a compass rose.
Why is a compass rose depicted on maps?
Using the directions on a compass rose, describe the relative location of your school.

30. Scale
A diagram that shows the relationship between distances on a map and real distances on Earth.
Explain how you would use a map scale.
What does the map scale to the left tell us?
Is San Jose more or less than 557 miles from Los Angeles?
About how many miles do you think New York is from Chicago?

31. MaP Key
It is an explanation of what the symbols on a map represent. This may also be called a legend.
Does this map key distinguish a difference between a city and a capital? How do you know?
How can you tell the difference between a road and a river?
What type of map do you think this legend belongs to?
Explain the difference between a grassland and swamp.

32. Landforms and Terms
You will be responsible for knowing 10 geographical landforms and terms.
Assignment: Independently, or with a partner, look up the definition of each of the ten terms. Then, on the Google document, make a copy. Next, write the definition in your own words, and attach an image representing the term.
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33. Atlas Collection of maps
Explain three things you might find in an atlas, and justify your answer.
Give two examples of when you may need to use an atlas.
How can you remember the term “atlas”? Think of a creative way to share with your classmates!

34. Hemisphere
One half of a sphere, or one half of the Earth. We have four hemispheres: East, West, North amd South.

35. Can you name label the hemispheres and imaginary lines?

36. Let’s discuss!

37. Formed by intersecting lines of longitude and latitude.
Global Grid
Formed by intersecting lines of longitude and latitude.