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A review of map skillsWhich continent
is Cape Horn located in?
Go 6th grade!9/27/2012
Map Skills
These skills help us understand why people live where they live.
• Relative Location• Latitude• Longitude• Absolute Loc. (Lat + Long)• Distance and Scale• Map Key and Symbols
I don’t know how to read a map!!!
Relative Location Where one place is compared to another Use the compass rose Example: Louisiana is EAST of Texas.
What direction is Lubbock from
Dallas?
What direction is San Antonio from Austin?
Latitude
Shows distance north or south of the Equator;
drawn east to west
• Measured in ° (degrees N or S)
• “Latitude, flatitude!”
What is the latitude of Adelaide?
What is the latitude of Brisbane?
Longitude Shows distance east or west of the
Prime Meridian; drawn north to south
• Measured in ° (degrees E or W)
• “It’s a long way up and down to longtitude-town.”
What is the longitude of point C??
What is the longitude of point G?
Absolute Location
Latitude and Longitude meet in one spot
First, measure Latitude in ° (degrees
N or S)
Second, measure Longitude in °
(degrees E or W)
Absolute Location
What is the AL of Cairns?16 S’, 146 E’
What is the AL of
Melbourne?
Distance & Scale A map scale allows you to compare a unit of distance on Earth to a unit of distance on a map.
Inches – miles Cm – km
Create your own scale for this map. Does not have to be exact! Do your best!
Map Key &
Symbols Lists and
explains what the colors and symbols on a map mean
Map Key & Symbols
How many “dive wrecks” are present on this map?
What two bodies of water surround Key Largo?
Draw your own “mile marker” with your initials on top instead of the “mm”.
YAYYY!! Landforms review!
What is a river mouth?
What body of water do most of our rivers in Texas flow into?
Name at least 3 rivers present in this map of Texas
Examples of Peninsulas
Examples of capes
TURN IN YOUR PAPER TO MS. YU ASENSI
BEFORE YOU LEAVE!! Thanks!