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Mention how many hemispheres the Earth is divided in, and their names.
4 hemispheres; northern, southern, western and eastern.
What are the names of the two most important imaginary lines that divide the Earth's hemispheres?
The Equator and The Prime Meridian.
What is latitude?
Imaginary lines parallel to the Equator.
What is longitude?
Parallel lines to the Prime Meridian that circle the Earth from Pole to Pole.
Explain Goode's Interrupted Equal-Area map projection.
It shows a realistic representation of continents' sizes and shapes. He uses the metaphor of an orange peel that needs to be cut or distorted in order be flat.
Explain Mercator's map projection.
Square shaped projection in which land shapes are shown accurately but it doesn't show correct size, the further things are from the Equator.
Explain Robinson's map projection.
Map with rounded sides showing a truer picture of land and size, however the poles still appear distorted.
Explain Winkel Tripel's map projection.
Map projection with more rounding on the sides almost reaching the poles in which shapes and sizes resemble a the globe model.
What are the characteristics of a physical map?
They show land and water, usually with green for land and blue for water, they also show elevation.
What are the characteristics of a political map?
They show the names and borders of countries, the location of cities and other human-made features.
What is a special-purpose map and its possible uses?
They are maps that show specific kinds of information, like climate, population, natural resources, roads, ancient empires, routes, etc.
What is a compass rose and what's its function?
A symbol used to show the cardinal directions.
What are the characteristics of a chart?
They show facts in an organized way using rows and columns.
Mention the different types of graphs and their characteristics.
Bar (uses bars to show statistics) line (uses points joined by a line), circle (a circle divided in sections that show percentages).
What is a climograph?
A combination of a bar and a line graph used to show weather conditions.
What are the three key questions about economy?
What goods or services to offer?, How to create and distribute them?, and Who will use them?
