Maps, Globes, and Atlases

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Maps, Globes, and Atlases
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Globe

• World Map
• Sphere (Ball) shaped NOT Flat
• Actual shape of Earth
• More Accurate than a Map

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Maps

• Gives us an accurate view of a neighborhood,
  city, state, country or even the world as viewed
  from above.
• Maps are not as accurate in representation as
  globes
• Countries appear larger (spread out)
• Known as Map Distortion

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Hemispheres Directions

• If divide Earth in half each half is known as a
  hemisphere
• Meridians lines that run north and south
• Prime Meridian is half - 0 degrees
• Western Hemisphere Left Half
• Eastern Hemisphere Right Half

Prime Meridian line at 0 degrees
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South
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Hemispheres Directions

• If divide Earth in half each half is known as a
  hemisphere
• Parallels lines that run East and West
• Northern Hemisphere Top Half
• Southern Hemisphere Bottom Half

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Equator at 0 degrees
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East
South
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Latitude Longitude

• Latitude lines run horizontally across a globe
• Longitude lines run vertically from the top to
  the bottom of a globe

Parallels (run East and West)
Meridians (run North and South)
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Latitude and Longitude

• Have measurements called degrees
• Prime Meridian imaginary line that passes
  through Greenwich, England is 0 degrees runs
  north to south
• Equator 0 degrees runs east to west
• 180 degrees International Date Line imaginary
  line that marks the spot where each new calendar
  day begins

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Scale (In Mapmaking)

• Size Map is exactly proportional to size of area
  being pictured
• Scale aids in measuring distance
• Measurement equals a certain amount of distance.
  (1 inch 200 miles)
• Scale is located somewhere on the map
• Not all scales are the same

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Grids

• Lines used to help locate places on a map
• Go Across then Down

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Insets

• Portion of a map made larger to show detail.

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Map Symbols Map Keys (Legends)

• To identify features on the maps
• Symbols designs or colors on a map (mountains,
  parks, airports, etc)
• Key (Legend) explains what the symbols represent

airport
Park
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Types of Maps

• Political Maps
• Shows lines that divide up an area
• Shows boundaries created by people and nature
• Can change as land is divided up or countries
  change
• Show capitols of states and countries
• Insets boxed off area in corner larger scale
  to show more detail or to reduce distance (Hawaii
  or Alaska)

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Types of Maps

• Physical Maps
• Picture the physical feature of land, a state or
  country
• Formations such as mountains, hills, volcanoes.
• Bodies of water and their depth
• Political Maps and Physical Maps often shown on
  same map

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Relief Maps Globes

• Maps - Mountains appearing as though they are
  rising off the paper on maps
• Use art technique of shading to create
• Globes - Mountains stand out so that you can feel
  the ridges as you run your fingers along the
  mountains.

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Contour Maps

• Accurate method of picturing elevation
• Viewing area from above to get measurement of
  elevation
• Heights are converted to contour lines
  representing these heights
• Lines are different colors to represent the height

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Distribution Maps

• Use to give information other than locations
• Types of food grown
• Population
• Natural resources (trees, oil, minerals)
• Wealth
• Understand area at a quick glance

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Political Maps

• represent the political units of the world
• a political map of a state shows county names and
  boundaries
• political map of the world features country names
  and boundaries

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Road Maps

• Travel maps
• Large scale maps used to figure out how to get
  somewhere
• Very detailed with road names, exit numbers, type
  of road
• Indicates mileage

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Historical Maps

• Historically correct for the time period they
  represent.
• Usually found in social studies books or history
  books
• Teach us about how countries were settled