In Class Review

Class Test Review:

1.       True or false-  Geographers use maps as their primary tool for not only identifying points on the Earth’s surface but also as a means for comparing phenomena for different places.

True because for example, maps can show political information, weather and population.

2.       True or false- every place occupies a unique location on the earth’s surface.

True

3.       What is the art and science of making maps?

Cartography

4.       How many time zones are there?

24

5.       What do you know about the prime meridian?

It crosses through Greenwich, England. It has a longitude of 0 degrees and it goes from the North to South Pole.

Notes:

-          All lines of longitude converge at the poles

-          Latitude is equivalent to the equator

-          0 degrees latitude is where the equator is

-          GPS is an acronym for the words Global Positioning System

-          24 time zones because there are 24 hours in a day