What is geography?

Geography is a lot of things:

Cartographer: a person who makes maps

What are three things they might use?1. computer2. GPS (global positioning satellite)3. protractor

Globes: are accurate spherical representations of the Earth.

What is an advantage of using a

globe? A disadvantage?

What is an advantage of using a

globe? A disadvantage?

ADVANTAGE DISADVANTAGE

-shapes, sizes, and distances are shown accurately

-hard to carry around-can only see one side of the Earth at a time-less detailed

Maps: are flat representations of the Earth. They always present a distorted image.

Distortion: a misrepresentation of an image that changes its size or shape.

Mercator Projection: shows true shape but distorts size

Look at Greenland in comparison to the US.

Robinson Projection: shows fairly accurate size and shape of land with only a little distortion.

Latitude: measure of distance North or South of the equator.

- these lines run East to West

- The equator is o° latitude.

Longitude: measure of distance East or West of Prime Meridian.

- these lines run North to South

- The Prime Meridian is o°

longitude.

Locations are written in the following format:

°N or S/°E or W or Latitude/Longitude

(Hint: It is alphabetical)