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Understanding Globes Lines of Latitude – Imaginary horizontal lines around the globe. *Also called Parallels Lines of Longitude Imaginary vertical lines around the globe. *Also called Meridians Together, these lines form the global grid. Every place on the earth has its own set of

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Understanding Globes

Lines of Latitude – Imaginary horizontal lines around the globe. *Also called Parallels

Lines of Longitude – Imaginary vertical lines around the globe.

*Also called Meridians

Together, these lines form the global grid. Every place on the earth has its own set of coordinates on the global grid.

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• To help us find our location on the earth easier, we break our earth down into parts, or hemisphere’s. We divide our planet into North and South halves, OR into East and West halves.

Earth’s Hemisphere’s

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Maps and Globes

A globe is a scale model of Earth. It shows the

actual shapes, sizes, and locations of all Earth’s

landmasses and bodies of water.

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GLOBEa model of the earth in the shape

of a sphere

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MAP

Is a representation of part of the Earth

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Comparing Types of Maps

Mercator ProjectionMercator ProjectionMercator ProjectionMercator Projection

Robinson ProjectionRobinson ProjectionRobinson ProjectionRobinson Projection

Equal Area ProjectionEqual Area ProjectionEqual Area ProjectionEqual Area Projection

By looking at the country of Greenland on each map, we can see how different objects appear in different ways on each map.

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How to use a map

Parts of a MapParts of a Map• Locator Locator Globe:Globe: Shows you Shows you

where on the where on the globe globe the the area of the area of the map map is locatedis located

• Compass Rose: Compass Rose: Shows Shows you you directiondirection. (North, . (North, South, East, West)South, East, West)

• Key:Key: Shows you the Shows you the symbols symbols and and colors colors used used on the map, and what on the map, and what each one means.each one means.

• Scale Bar: Scale Bar: Helps you find Helps you find the actual the actual distances distances between points shown on between points shown on the the mapmap..

Mapmakers provide several clues to help you understand the information on a map. Maps provide different clues, depending on their purpose or scale. However, most maps have several clues in common.

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Political and Physical Maps

Political Maps

• Political maps show political Political maps show political borders: continents and borders: continents and countries.countries.

• The The colors colors on political maps do on political maps do not have any special meaning, not have any special meaning, but they make the map easier but they make the map easier to read. to read.

• Political maps also include Political maps also include symbols symbols and and labels labels for for capitals, cities and towns.capitals, cities and towns.

Physical Maps

• Physical maps represent what a Physical maps represent what a region looks like by showing its region looks like by showing its major physical features, such as major physical features, such as hills and plains. hills and plains.

• Physical maps also often show Physical maps also often show elevation elevation and and reliefrelief. .

• Elevation is the Elevation is the height height of the of the land above sea level. Relief land above sea level. Relief shows how sharply the land shows how sharply the land rises rises and and fallsfalls..

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Political MapPolitical Map Physical MapPhysical Map

Comparing Political and Physical Maps

• On which map would it be easier to find Charlotte, North Carolina? Why?• On which map would it be easier to find the highest peak in North America? Why?

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Tools

Remote sensing – obtains information about

a site by using an instrument that is

Not physically in contact with the siteCairo

San Francisco

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Landsat – a series of information gathering satellites that orbit above the Earth

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Washington D.C. (1 meter)

Washington Monument

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Geographic information systems (GPS)a system that uses a network of easrth orbiting satellites to pinpoint location

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Tools• Geographic Information System (GIS)

Is a computer based mapping technology

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Tools• Cartographer is a geographer who• Creates maps

Maps

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Surveyora person who measures the land

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Divide the class into seven cooperative groups.

Five groups will be assigned to one of the five themes of geography. (location, place, interaction, movement , regions)

You are to draw pictures that depict your theme of geography.

Two groups will be assigned to either Political Maps or Physical Maps - You are to draw pictures that

depict either the physical or political features.

Try to be clever and use as many vocabulary words aspossible from pages 4 & 10

THIS IS A CONTEST – WINNING TEAM GETS A PRIZE

Write your theme or map at the top of the poster board. - - names on back

After all groups have finished their theme posters, a spokesperson is selected from each group.

Each cooperative group will take turns having their spokesperson present their group's poster to the

rest of the class, explaining why they chose the pictures that are on their poster and how the pictures

relate to their theme or map.

Rubric for grades

CONTENT ACCURACY

A Excellent; addresses all important points No errors

B Good; addresses all important points Few/minor errors

C Fair; addresses few important points Several errors

D Poor; addresses few important points Many errors