Geography Unit 1 Mapping Skills Exam Review

A complete set of vocabulary flashcards covering mapping skills, atlas orientation, time zones, map scales, and coordinate systems based on the Unit 1 Geography exam review.

Atlas Components

The major components include the table of contents, map collection, legend, map index, and glossary.

Road Map Features

Essential features consisting of a legend, scale, compass rose, grid system, index, and route markers.

Thematic Map

A map that focuses on one specific topic and reveals geographic patterns of statistical data.

Topographic Map

A map that indicates scale and uses symbols and colors to show both natural and human-made features of the Earth's surface in great detail.

Lines of Latitude (Parallels)

Lines that run east to west and measure position north or south of the Equator.

Lines of Longitude (Meridians)

Lines that run north to south and measure position east or west of the Prime Meridian.

Time Zones

There are $24$ zones around the earth, each being $15^\text{o}$ wide with a $1$ hour difference between them.

Universal Time

The center of a time zone located at the Prime Meridian, previously known as Greenwich Mean Time.

Sir Sanford Fleming

The individual who, in the 1800s, proposed the use of time zones to solve coordination problems for railway transportation.

Canada's Time Zones

The six zones are Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic, and Newfoundland (all ending in 'Standard').

Time Difference Calculation

When traveling or calculating eastwards, add $1$ hour; when moving westwards, subtract $1$ hour.

Map Scale

A fraction or ratio used to show the relationship between units on a map and units on the earth's surface, such as $1:50,000$, where $1\text{ cm}$ represents $100,000\text{ cm}$ ($0.5\text{ km}$).

Small Scale Map

A map that shows a large area but with a small amount of detail.

Large Scale Map

A map that shows a small area with a large amount of detail.

Metre to Centimetre Conversion

There are $100\text{ cm}$ in $1\text{ m}$.

Kilometre to Centimetre Conversion

There are $100,000\text{ cm}$ in $1\text{ km}$; to convert, you multiply by $100,000$.

Representative Fraction Transformation Rule

When dividing a number by $100,000$ to convert scales, the decimal point is moved to the left $5$ places.