The seven continents are Africa, Asia, Antarctica, N. America, S. America, Australia, and Europe.The five oceans consist of the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans.The newest ocean is the southern ocean.I use the following acronym to remember the map essentials:DOGSTAILSS.The map essentials are date, orientation,grid,scale,title,author,index,legend,source,andsituation.Each map essential is used for a specific reason (Identify each reason).D-determine the age of map,O-show direction,G-show locations,S-show length,T-show name of map,A-show name of maker,I-show specific places,L-show meanings of symbols,S-show different info, S-show map in relation to world.The directions on the compass rose are North, South, East, West.I remember the directions of the compass rose by remembering WE(West to East)Latitude runs from __West____ to ____East___.The important lines of latitude are the equator, tropic of cancer, tropic of capricorn, and the Arctic circle.Longitude runs from ___North___ to ___South___.The important lines of longitude are the prime meridian.I am able to use latitude and longitude to find places on a map.Mental maps represent our rememberance of a map.Mental maps differ according to a persons idea or memory of that map.

dogstails

Date- Helps to judge the relative accuracy of a map.

Orientation-shows direction(north, south, east, west)

Grid-A set lines that intersect at different places to create a map adress.

Scale-what a unit of measure represents on the map.

Title-describes what map shows.

Author-shows who made the map to help tell the reliability.

Index-An alphbetical list of places on the map.

Legend-shows the meaning of symbols on the map.

Source-information that the cartograpger didn't obtain.

Situation-shows where a place is in reference to the rest of the world.

Compass Essays

Spirit-Hi, my name is Spirit Vinson, and I'm here to tell you about my compass. In the center, you will find three horns in a slight ring formation. These represent the Three Horns of Odin, which involves my religion which I wont go into detail about. At north, you'll see a shark because I want to be a marine biologist when I am old enough. At the south, you'll see a small, nervous looking face. I have minor public speaking issues that I would really like to leave behind. At the other directions(east, west, ect.), you'll see some of the things that I am interested in such as snakes, swords, tatoos, and all the other things that you see on my compass.

Geography definition

Spirit-My definition of geography is the study of the world and maps.