GEOGRAPHY

FORMAL DEFINITION• SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH

EARTH’S NATURAL CLIMATE, RESOURCES, AND POPULATION

MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION

• THE STUDY OF MAPS AND EARTH’S SURFACES

PHYSICAL MAP

FORMAL DEFINITION• A MAP SHOWING PHYSICAL

FEATURES, LANDFORMS, AND WATER BODIES

MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION

• MAP SHOWING THINGS AND FORMATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE

PHYSICAL MAP OF NEW YORK STATE

PHYSICAL MAP OF NEW YORK STATE

PHYSICAL MAP OF NEW YORK STATE

POLITICAL MAP

FORMAL DEFINITION• A MAP SHOWING CITIES,

COUNTRIES, STATES, BOUNDARIES

MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION

• MAP SHOWING MAN MADE THINGS

POLITICAL MAP OF NEW YORK STATE

ATLAS

FORMAL DEFINITION• COLLECTION OF MAPS IN A

BOOK

MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION

• A BOOK CONTAINING SEVERAL MAPS USED FOR RESEARCH

ATLAS

LOOK HERE

MAP KEY

FORMAL DEFINITION• THE AREA ON A MAP THAT

EXPLAINS WHAT SYMBOLS REPRESENT

MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION

• ANSWER KEY OR PRINTED AREA THAT EXPLAINS THE MANY SYMBOLS AND DRAWINGS ON A MAP.

MAP KEY

LATITUDE

FORMAL DEFINITION• THE ANGULAR DISTANCE OF

THE EARTH’S SURFACE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR

MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION

• DISTANCE LINES THAT LOOK LIKE A LADDER.

• LAT = SAT

Latitude Lines

Look like a ladder LAT = SAT

LONGITUDE

FORMAL DEFINITION• THE ANGULAR DISTANCE

THAT IS EAST AND WEST OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN

MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION

• DISTANCE LINES RUNNING POINTING UP AND DOWN.

Longitude

Point Up and Down Connect at the Poles

SCALE

FORMAL DEFINITION• A SERIES OF MARKS

INDICATING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH MAP AND ITS ACTUAL DIMENTIONS

MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION

• EXPLAINS HOW FAR APART THINGS ARE ON A MAP.

MAP SCALE

CARTOGRAPHER

FORMAL DEFINITION• ONE WHO MAKES OR

PUBLISHES MAPS

MR. MCPARTLAND’S DEFINITION

• PERSON WHO DRAWS MAPS

Cartographermy cousin Pat – Optimal Geographics