A review of map skillsWhich continent

is Cape Horn located in?

Go 6th grade!9/27/2012

Map Skills

These skills help us understand why people live where they live.

• Relative Location• Latitude• Longitude• Absolute Loc. (Lat + Long)• Distance and Scale• Map Key and Symbols

I don’t know how to read a map!!!

Relative Location Where one place is compared to another Use the compass rose Example: Louisiana is EAST of Texas.

What direction is Lubbock from

Dallas?

What direction is San Antonio from Austin?

Latitude

Shows distance north or south of the Equator;

drawn east to west

• Measured in ° (degrees N or S)

• “Latitude, flatitude!”

What is the latitude of Adelaide?

What is the latitude of Brisbane?

Longitude Shows distance east or west of the

Prime Meridian; drawn north to south

• Measured in ° (degrees E or W)

• “It’s a long way up and down to longtitude-town.”

What is the longitude of point C??

What is the longitude of point G?

Absolute Location

Latitude and Longitude meet in one spot

First, measure Latitude in ° (degrees

N or S)

Second, measure Longitude in °

(degrees E or W)

Absolute Location

What is the AL of Cairns?16 S’, 146 E’

What is the AL of

Melbourne?

Distance & Scale A map scale allows you to compare a unit of distance on Earth to a unit of distance on a map.

Inches – miles Cm – km

Create your own scale for this map. Does not have to be exact! Do your best!

Map Key &

Symbols Lists and

explains what the colors and symbols on a map mean

Map Key & Symbols

How many “dive wrecks” are present on this map?

What two bodies of water surround Key Largo?

Draw your own “mile marker” with your initials on top instead of the “mm”.

YAYYY!! Landforms review!

What is a river mouth?

What body of water do most of our rivers in Texas flow into?

Name at least 3 rivers present in this map of Texas

Examples of Peninsulas

Examples of capes

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