Co-Ordinates & Measuring

Created by

Isabella Clark

Cards (45)

What is the equator? 
A latitude line running through the middle of earth with a degree of zero
What is the prime meridian?
A longitude line that runs through Greenwich with a degree of zero
What is the international date line?
A longitude line running on the opposite end of the prime meridian with a degree of 180
What is the international date line pt. 2?
The line that separates one day from the next
What is a thematic map? 
Thematic maps are very specific on ONE topic (aka physical political map)
What is a topographic map?
Topographic maps are very general typically regarding the whole region
What is a topographic map pt.2 
(covers more than one topic)
What is the terminator?
The terminator is the line that separates night and day (a divider)
What is longitude?
Imaginary lines running north and south of the earth joining at the poles
What is latitude?
Imaginary lines running east and west of the earth
What’s a degree? 
The angle of each line of longitude and latitude to pinpoint an exact location
What is local?
The surrounding district, community, or city that you live in
What is provincial? 
A specific province in Canada typically regarding the one you live in
What is national?
Regarding a certain country/the whole of that country
What is international?
Regarding the entire world as a whole
What is primary source?
A first hand account/witness of the event
What is secondary source?
A source taken from a written document from someone who wasn’t there but had info on it
What is a gazetteer? 
A section in an atlas to show using coordinates where different locations are on a map
What are parallels
Are the 180 lines of latitude
What are meridians? 
Are the 360 lines of longitude
What are continents?
Continents are the 7 places of land divided
What is a minute? 
A minute is the time passage of each degree (there are 60 minutes in a degree)
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
It’s the imaginary line in the northern hemisphere with a degree of 23.5
What is the Tropic of Capricorn
The circle in the southern hemisphere at a degree of 23.5 (s)
What is the Arctic circle
An imaginary circle on the northern hemisphere at a degree of 66.5 N
What is the Antarctic circle? 
An imaginary circle in the southern hemisphere at a degree of 66.5 S
What is an equinox? 
The changes in seasons
What is the summer solstice?
The change in weather occurring on June 21/22 which was used to help with agricultural
What is the winter solstice?
A change in season into colder climates occurring on December 21/22
What is the Autumnal equinox? 
Is the changes in season into mild wet climate occurring on September 22/23
What is the Vernal equinox?
The changes in season into spring warm weather occurring on march 20/21
What is a Hemisphere? 
The two sections of the earth (cut in half) north and south
What is the earth grid?
The lines of latitude and longitude that break up the earth into sections
What is layer tinting?
Changing the colour of certain parts of a map to display different ranges in height
What is a cartographer?
A person who creates maps and sketches out the lay of the land
What is a Benchmark?
A starting point of a survey or of a data set
What is a full circle bearing?
The direction of the compass (goes clockwise) (degrees of each point Mrs. Campbell)
What is a point symbol?
Are used to show places, cities, buildings, or landmarks
What’s a line symbol?
Are used to show borders, roads, highways, and rivers
What is an area symbol?
are used to show geographical places like lakes & forests or larger areas like provinces