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Map Vocabulary Study Guide
Five Themes of Geography
1) Location
2) Regions
3) Movement
4) Place
5) Human Interaction
6) Rotate-When the Earth turns or spins on its own axis. It takes 24 hours for the Earth to
rotate one time.
7) Revolve -When the Earth orbits the sun in a circular path. It takes 365 ¼ days for the
Earth to revolve around the sun.
8) Longitude -Lines that run North and South and measure East and West.
9) Meridians -Lines of Longitude
10) Prime Meridian -An imaginary line of longitude that separates the Eastern and Western
Hemispheres at 0° Longitude.
11) Latitude-Lines that run East and West and measure North and South.
12) Parallels-Lines of Latitude.
13) Equator-An imaginary line of Latitude that separates the Northern and Southern
Hemispheres at 0° Latitude.
14) Projection-A method used to show the curved surface of the earth as a flat map.
15) Robinson Projection-The type of map projection mostly found in our textbook.
16) Compass Rose-A symbol that displays the cardinal directions of North, South, East
and West on a map.
17) Key- Shows the symbols and colors used on a map and tells what each stands for.
18) Scale Bar-Helps you find the actual distances between points shown on a map in both
miles and kilometers.
19) Title-Tells you the subject of the map.
20) Locator Globe-Tells where on the globe the area of the map is located.
21) Political Map-Type of map that shows borders, continents, countries and divisions
within countries, states, and provinces.
22) Physical Map-Represents what a region looks like by showing its major physical
features such as hills and plains. This type of map also shows elevation.
23) Climate Map-Type of special purpose map that shows particular type of weather a
continent, country, or region has.
24) Language Map-A type of special purpose map that shows the official languages of a
continent, country or region.
25) Migration-The movement of people from one country or region to another in order to
make a new home.