1. WORKING WITH MAPS
Geography topic 9

3. SCALES
Here, 1 cm on the map
represents 7,000 actual cm.
This means: 1 cm on the
map equals 70 meters in the
real life
Here, 1 cm on the map
represents 500,000 actual cm.
This means: 1 cm on the map
equals 5000 meters in the real
life. THIS MEANS: 5 km.

4. PARALLELS
EQUATOR: THE
PRINCIPAL
PARALLEL.
PARALLELS ARE
NUMBERED FROM
THE EQUATOR TO
THE POLES IN
DEGREES 0º TO 90º
NORTH or SOUTH.

5. PARALLELS
PARALLELS measure
LATITUDE
LATITUDE: is the
distance between any
point on the Earth to
the equator. We talk
about northern or
southern
hemisphere.

6. MERIDIANS
MERIDIANS:
Imaginary lines that
go from pole to pole.
(like an orange).
GREENWICH
meridian ins the
principal meridian so
we call it PRIME
MERIDIAN.

7. MERIDIANS
MERIDIANS: are
numbered in degrees
from 0 to 180º EAST
or WEST.
Meridians measure
LONGITUDE which is
the distance between
any point on the Earth
and the Greenwich
meridian.We talk
about eastern or
western hemisphere

8. CO-ORDINATES
WHEN WE PUT THE LATITUDE AND
LONGITUDE OF A PLACE TOGETHER
WE HAVE THE CO-ORDINATES OF
THE LOCATION.

9. WEBSITES
!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushuaia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Puntos_extremos_del_mundo

10. EXERCISES

11. 1. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of representing the
Earth using a globe and on a world map.
2. Calculate how many actual km equal 1 cm in the following
scales. What type of scale are they?
1: 200,000
1: 50,000
1: 1,000,000

12. GRAPHICAL SCALES
3.You are going to see three slides with three different maps.
Write down the similarities and differences you can observe.
4. When it comes to use a graphical scale, in case you want to
represent something with greater detail, would you:(explain your
answer)
a. choose a map in which 1 centimeter in the map represents 1 km in the
real life.(1 actual km)
b. choose a map in which 1 centimeter in the map represents 100 actual km.

16. WHAT CONTINENT DO THESE COUNTRIES
BELONG TO?
RUSSIA
JAPAN
INDIA
AUSTRALIA
EGYPT
BRAZIL
URUGUAY
NEW ZEALAND
BOLIVIA
MEXICO