Download Map Project – A Review of Basic Geometry Vocabulary

Name: ___________________________
Angles, Lines, Triangles
Map Project – A Review of Basic Geometry Vocabulary
Your task is to design a map that includes several different kinds of
lines, angles, and triangles. Your map can be a town, your
neighborhood or a made up place. It must however include the
following:
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Two sets of streets that are parallel
2.
Two sets of streets that are perpendicular
3.
One street that intersects another street to form an
obtuse angle
4.
One street that intersects another street to form an
acute angle
5.
One street that is a segment
6.
One street that is a line
7.
One street that is a ray
8.
One street that is a transversal through one set of
parallel lines.
9.
An ice cream parlor in the shape of an equilateral
triangle.
10.
A pool that is in the shape of a scalene triangle.
11.
A pizza place in the shape of an Isosceles triangle.
12.
A grocery store in the shape of a right triangle
Name: ___________________________
Angles, Lines, Triangles
13.
A house in the shape of an obtuse triangle
14.
A movie theatre in the shape of an acute triangle
15.
One of your buildings is already an equiangular triangle.
Which one is it? If you are not sure, construct another
building that is an equiangular triangle.
16.
A compass rose
17.
Once your map is complete, you are to write out five
directions from one place to another. Each direction
must have one of these terms: parallel, intersecting or
perpendicular. These directions should be able to get
your teacher and classmates from one place to
another without getting lost!
 You may do this on the computer or on paper. You have 90
minutes to finish it. This is your first grade for me. Make a good
impression. If you forget the vocabulary, you may look them up
online or check in your textbook.
 Pages in your textbook that may be helpful: 16, 36, 108, 121,
173, 174
 Rulers and protractors are available.
 Be neat.