Geography 2

Cartographer

Cartographer

Person who draws and sells maps.

Coordinates

a system that uses a earth to determine location, Locations can be found using latitude and longitude also.

Geographic grid

the lines of latitude and longitude creating a grid

Hemisphere

Half of the earth that divides it into the western, northern, southern and eastern hemisphere

Lines of latitude

Also called parallels, lines that never touch each other running North and south of the equator

Lines of longitude

Also called meridians, Lines connect at the North and south poles running east and west of the prime meridian

projection

Also called a map, Taking something curved and putting it on a flat surface

contiguous

Sharing a common border/ touching.

Mercator projection map

cylinder shaped map. Shows land and water distorted but direction is accurate.

Robinson projection map

A map that is round put on a flat surface and gets distorted near the north and south poles but is accurate near the equator.

Arctic circle

One of the two polar circles and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude

Arctic region

The area within the Arctic Circle, a line of latitude about 66.5° north of the Equator

equidistant projection

shows land & water in relation to central point

polar projection

type of equidistant projection that includes one of the poles at its center

Central america

Connecting north and south America

Dependecy

greater Antilles

grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea

lesser Antilles

a group of smaller islands in the Caribbean Sea, located southeast of the Greater Antilles.

political map

west indies

a region in the Caribbean consisting of many islands, including the Greater and Lesser Antilles.

Absolute location

description of a place using grid coordinates (latitude and longitude)

coordinates

the latitude and longitude address of a place on a map

Eurasia

a landmass made up of the continents of Asia and Europe

mental map

a map that a person pictures in his or her mind

Relative location

description of a place using the relation of one place to another

sea