Please draw a map of your house. Interpret the
prompt however you want!
What is Geography?
My definition of Geography:
Class definition of Geography:
Name______________________________________________________________ Period__________ Date___________________
Please use your textbook pages M2-M13, as well as the websites I’ve provided to answer
the following questions.
Read M2-M3.
Visit the following page to read more about the phenomenon of day and night, as well as why we
experience a change in seasons throughout the year:
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Seasons.shtml
 http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0017B-reasons-for-the-four-seasons.php
1. Explain how the movement of the earth accounts for:
Night and Day:
The Four Seasons:
Read M4- M5.
Visit the following page to read more about longitude and latitude:
 http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/mapping/a_latlong.html
 http://www.mermaidmary.com/lat_long.html
 Latitude: http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0014-latitude.php
 Longitude: http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0015-longitude.php
Visit the following page to encounter more geography key terms
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/glossary/
 http://www.mcwdn.org/MAPS%26GLOBES/Maps.html
2. Define the following terms:
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Latitude—
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Longitude—
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Parallels—
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Equator—
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Meridians—
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Prime Meridian—
3. Using your textbook, read about “Understanding Globes” and “The Global
Grid”. What is the function of the global grid?
Read pp. M6-M7
Visit the following pages to read more about map projections
 http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0030-map-projections.php
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/glossary/projections.shtml
4. Are maps accurate in portraying the world? Why or why not?
5. Explain the difference between same-shape maps, equal-area maps, and
Robinson maps.
6. Explain what a “cylindrical projection” is.
Explain what a “conical projection” is.
Explain what a “planar projection” is.
Read pp. M8-M13.
Visit the following page to read more about the parts of maps
 http://www.kidport.com/reflib/socialstudies/mapstudy/mapstudy.htm
 http://web.utk.edu/~rkirkla1/mapskills/index.html
 http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/toolsforadventure/usingmaps/index.html
7. Name and define (in your own words) the key features that most maps
have in common.
8. Define:
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Political Maps—
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Physical Maps—
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Special Purpose Maps—