CULTUREA person’s or group’s way of life

Culture is made up of:

Architecture Music Arts

Celebrations Clothing Food

Furniture Language Beliefs/Religion

Science/Technology

Culture is influenced by:

technology environment/resources/climate

people/family religion/beliefs

A CARTOGRAPHERIs a map maker

Take photos of the earth/area

Identify and label all of the important items in the photo

Make symbols to represent the important items in the photo

Make a map of the area using symbols

ELEMENTS OF A GOOD MAP

DATE

Tells us when the map was made.2001

ORIENTATION

Refers to the cardinal directions and is shown by a north arrow or compass rose.

GRID

A set of intersecting lines that provides a way of determining the absolute location of a place.

SCALE

Shows the relationship of map distances to actual distances on the earth’s surfaces.

TITLE

Describes what the map shows or is about.

AUTHOR

Identifies the individual or institution that created the map.

INDEX

Presents an alphabetical list of places on a map and gives the grid location of each place.

LEGEND

Defines the map’s symbols.

Culture and Geography Quiz Practice and Review

Directions: Use the map above and your handouts to help you complete this activity.

1) Using the map’s bar scale, create a word scale that would be appropriate for the map of Paradise Lake State Park.

2) What town is:

a) 40 miles northwest of Baxter? _____________________

b) 120 miles SW of Delta? ______________________

c) 100 miles southwest of Jappa? ____________________

3) Name the two types of directions shown on the map’s orientation and give an example for each type.

4) What is the direction and distance of:

a) Essex from Flip? __________________________

b) Clinton from Parma? _________________________

c) Parma from Notch? _________________________

One inch equals 50 miles

Alpha

Morris

Parma

Cardinal = NorthIntermediate = SW

West 80 miles

NW 160 miles

E 75 miles

5) Name the two different types of map symbols that can be used on a map and give an example for each type from the

Paradise Lake State Park map.

6) Describe how a cartographer would have went about making the Paradise Lake State Park map.

7) Name the influence of culture that goes with each description.

a) The people of Gull Island travel by boat ____________________

b) The Ranger Station hosts an annual Earth Day festival to teach about recycling and composting ____________________

c) Bass Island is only powered by wind and solar power _________________

1) List three other facts that could help you on the Culture and Geography Quiz.

Physical Features = the lakeHuman Features = towns/cities

Got a photograph of Paradise Lake State ParkLabeled all the important items on the photoMade symbols for the important items in the photoMade a map of Paradise Lake State Park by using the created symbols

environment

beliefs

technology

SOUTHERN OCEAN

Equator

South Pole90 S

Prime Meridian

Northern and Western Hemispheres

Latitude

Hemispheres

Longitude

Hemispheres

Coordinates

50 N

5 N

35 N

30 S

60 W

30 W

75 E

75 E