A | B |
Map projection shows which true direction | Mercator |
Robinson Projection is most distorted | poles |
true of ALL map projections | distortion |
Meridians | longitude lines |
Parallels | latitude lines |
0 degrees longitude | Prime Meridian |
part of a map used to understand map symbols | legend or key |
used to find directions | compass rose |
tells what the map is about | legend |
shows man-made features on earth | political map |
shows things like rivers, mountains, relief and elevation | physical map |
map shows the average number of people living in a certain area | population density map |
vertical or horizontal lines along the sides or bottom of a graph | axis |
graph comparing the parts of something to its whole | pie graph or circle graph |
most accurate model of the earth | globe |
method of drawing the earth on a flat surface | map projection |
shortest distance between two places on the earth | great circle route |
bar graph that uses little symbols to represent quantities | a pictograph |
exact location of a place on the earth's surface | absolute location |