The World
of
Geography!
Geography is the study of
Earth’s Physical Properties
An important tool used
to study geography is a
Map!
A Globe is helpful and informative too
What are the Similarities and Differences
Between Maps and Globes?
Let’s brainstorm this together!
Map and Globe
Similarities and Differences
Differences
Similarities
Globe
Map
Globe
A globe is a 3 dimensional, accurate presentation
of the entire world. It shows accurate areas,
distances, and relative shape and size.
However, a globe is not portable and cannot show
the specific information that a map can show
A map is not as accurate as a globe.
A map looks distorted
with its view of
the Earth’s features.
What are Earth’s
features?
For instance, areas
near both poles are
much larger on a
map than in reality.
Greenland is almost as big as South America on a flat map.
However a map shows more detail than a globe
which we’ll go into more detail soon.
There are different ways to make a map. So, some maps
show less distortion than others.
For school work, the Robinson Projection is the best map
to use for Social Studies, which looks like this...
Just as we use a vocabulary to communicate to each other
Map reading has its own vocabulary
which we will use this year
Map reading is a life skill,
with a vocabulary all its own!
Cardinal Directions
are North, East,
South and
West.
Cardinal Directions
are shown on a
map as a
compass rose.
San Francisco is what direction from Philadelphia?
New Jersey is what direction from Pennsylvania?
Houston is what direction from Philadelphia?
San Francisco is what direction from Alaska?
True/false the Great Lakes are found in
southwest United States?
What state is the furthest north?
What state is the furthest south?
What state is the furthest west?
What state is the furthest east?
The map key (or legend) helps identify features
on a map. Popular map keys show elevation,
terrain population, religions, and more.
To help locate places on a map,
we use lines of latitude and longitude
Latitude
is shown on a
map as a
horizontal
line.
Lines of Latitude are parallel lines.
They go around, but never touch
or intersect each other.
Lines of
Latitude
measure
distance
in North
to South
direction
The Equator is a line of
latitude which is the
midway point between
the northern and
southern hemispheres
Longitude is a
vertical line seen
on a globe or
map. The long
lines goes
top to bottom.
Lines of
Longitude
measure
distance
in East
to West
direction
Meridian is a line of
longitude
Prime Meridian is zero
degrees longitude, the
first line of longitude
globe
Class
Drill:
1. Place 1 on the Equator. Place 1A North of the Equator. Place 1B South of the Equator.
2. The degree of Longitude which goes through the center of North America ______, South
America ____.
3. The degree of Latitude which goes through the center of North America ______, South
America ____.
4. Place an X on the map where 20 North Latitude and 20 East Longitude meet (intersect).
5. Place an O where 40 South Latitude and 40 West Longitude meet (intersect).