the study of the earth
pictures on a map
the largest areas of land
a change in the shape of size of an object
half of the globe
What is the largest continent on Earth?
What is the smallest continent on Earth?
What continent is the United States a part of?
Why have geographers named five oceans on Earth?
What continent is mostly desert?
What type of map shows the borders between countries?
What type of map shows the height of the land?
What type of map shows where mountains and plains are located?
What are the cardinal directions and the intermediate directions on a compass rose?
Why do maps need a map scale?
What are the areas at the top and bottom of a globe called?
What is one reason a globe is a GOOD model of Earth?
Why is a glove NOT a good model of Earth?
Why is a map a GOOD model of the Earth?
Why is a map NOT a good model of Earth?
georgraphy
symbols
continent
distortion
hemisphere
Asia
Australia
North America
Geographers gave different names to sections of water separated by land
Antartica
N, S, E, W
NE, NW, SE, SW
to show you how far away a place is in real life
Same shape as Earth
Shows the whole Earth at once
No distortion
It can only show very large places
Small objects are hard to see on globes
Hard to carry around
You can only see half the Earth at a time.
It can show more detail
Easy to carry
It is not the same shape as Earth.
Some objects are distorted.