Mapping Review Set

When the contours make "V" Shapes

• Valley

• Canyon

• North Pole

• South Pole

Definition: Special contour lines that show a drop in elevation

• Form Lines

• Gradient Lines

• Relief Lines

• Hachure Lines

Definition: 90 degrees north

• South Pole

• Arctic Circle

• North Pole

• Equator

Definition: a map that represents Earth's surface in three dimensions

• Topographic Map

• Geologic Map

• Political Map

• Planimetric Map

Definition: the way in which the round earth is transformed onto a flat surface

• Framework Plan

• Map Projection

• Conic Projection

• Mercator Projection

Definition: 0 degree reference line for latitude

• South Pole

• North Pole

• Meridian

• Equator

0 degree reference line for longitude

• North Pole

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Contour Line

Definition 180 degrees longitude

• North Pole

• International Date Line

• Equator

• South Pole

lines of equal elevation above sea level

• International Date Line

• Prime Meridian

• Hachure Lines

• Contour Line

When the globe is projected on to a cone shape.

• Gnomonic Projection

• Conic Projection

• Robinson Projection

• Transverse Projection