Map Skills Essential Question What basic map skills
Map Skills • Essential Question: What basic map skills should I know? • Vocabulary Atlas
Vocabulary • Atlas Book of maps used for a quick reference
Map Skills Review • Locate the following: – Continents (Map 1) – Oceans (Map 1) – Prime meridian (Map 2) – Equator (Map 2) – Hemispheres (Map 2)
Map Skills Review • Locate the following: – United States (Map 1) – North Carolina (Map 1) – Tropic of Cancer (Map 2) – Tropic of Capricorn (Map 2)
Intermediate Directions • Draw the compass and label the intermediate directions (Map 2)
Parallels of Latitude • Imaginary lines run east and west on globe • Equator longest line of latitude – Divides earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres – Measures 0 degrees
Meridians of Longitude • Imaginary lines run north and south • Determines time zones – 24 time zones • International Date Line on 180 th meridian – Where new calendar day begins
Prime Meridian • Prime meridian longest line of longitude – Divides earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres – Measures 0 degrees – Runs through Greenwich, in London, England
Tropical Latitudes • Temperatures hot all year • Tropic of Cancer – Northern boundary – 23. 5 degrees N • Tropic of Capricorn – Southern boundary – 23. 5 degrees S
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