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Questions 1 - Political Maps- maps in atlas which show different political regions in different colours and their borders. Topographic maps- Show the heights using contours. Mud maps- Rough maps that are drawn quickly to explain how to find a particular feature. Physical maps- Show physical landforms of a region including mountain ranges, rivers and other physical features. Tourist maps- Show settlements, tourist attractions, road distances, street names accommodation and service stations. Choropleth maps- Use dark and light shades of colour to show a pattern. Darker shades show the most of a feature such as population etc. Flow maps- Show pattern of movement, such as traffic, trade and people. Differnt sized lines often used to show amount or volume. Synoptic charts/ weather maps- These maps use isobars and other symbols to show the movement of weather systems and patterns of temperature, rainfall and wind. Theme maps- Theme maps show a wide range of themes....for example theme maps could be used for events. Satellite maps- Useful for showing the surface temperature, cloud patterns, smoke and ash from bushfires etc.False colours are used to highlight particular features on the images to the Earth from the satellite. 2 - Carnavon is located in Western Australia. 3 - The latitude is imaginary lines that go from east to west and the longitude are imaginary lines that go in a north-south direction from the North Pole to the South Pole. 4 5 6 -  The International Date Line is a line of longitude. Unlike other lines of longitude, it is not necessary to have either E or W after it because the line is both 180 E and 190W of the Prime Meridian. The International Date Line does not pass through any land. In fact, the line deliberately ‘moved’ so it passes only through sea. If you travel across the International Date Line, you must change not only the time but also the day and date. To the east of the line is one day behind areas to the west of the line. So if it is Thursday in New Zealand, it will be Wednesday in Argentina. USA, Kiribati and the Cook Islands lie to the east of the International Date Line; China and New Zealand are to the west. Australia is also west of the line. 7 8 - You can gain one day by travelling west to east and also going across the International Date Line. If you travel from Australia to the United States you reach your destination before you actually left. 9 - A topographic map is a map which shows the actual shape of the landscape and the various heights of the landscape used by geographers. 10 - Colours are improtant on topographic maps because colours indicate certain features 11 - Maps in atlases usually have lines of latitude and longitude on it. The lines help us find the exact location of places. In the index of an atlas, you can see a series of numbers following the name of a location: these numbers represent latitude and longitude. 12 13 - Contour maps indicate the height of the terrain by showing numbers on the contour lines. 14 - Eastings are lines which run up and down the map (north/south). It is called eastings because the numbers increase the further east they are. Northings are lines that run across the map horizontally (east/west). It is called northings because the numbers increase the further north they are. 15 16 17 18 - Isobars are used to show the movement of weather systems.(Pressure cells, fronts, winds.) 19 - It is important because it divides the earth into two halves which is the western hemisphere and the eastern hemisphere. It is an imaginary line but it runs through the Greenwich Observatory in London. 20 - The city located at 36.46s and 144.17e is Bendigo. The codes are the longitude and the latitude. 21 - Time Zones were created in 1883 by US railroad officials. 22 23 - The difference in height between contour lines is called a contour interval. 24 25