I am at 0 degrees longitude, running through Greenwich, England.
What is the Prime Meridian.
100
I show the directions on a map. I include the cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) and the intermediate directions (northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast).
What is a Compass Rose.
100
I am one half of a sphere. Earth can be divided into eastern and western or into northern and southern.
What is Hemispheres.
100
I am the spinning motion of Earth around its axis. I am equal to one day.
What is Rotation.
100
I am the northernmost line of latitude where the sun's rays always beat straight down. I mark the northern limit of the tropical zone at 23.5 degrees north.
What is Tropic of Cancer.
200
I circle the Earth exactly midway between the North and South Poles. I run through South America, Africa, and Asia.
What is the Equator.
200
I am a system of horizontal and vertical imaginary lines labeled by letters and numbers.
What is a Map Grid.
200
I am the southernmost line of latitude where the sun's rays always beat straight down. I mark the southern limit of the tropical zone.
What is the Tropic of Capricorn.
200
I am one complete trip by the Earth around the sun. I am equal to one year.
What is Revolution.
200
I am a set of numbers that together describe the exact location of something, such as a place on a map.
What are Coordinates.
300
We are imaginary lines running east to west around the globe. All of us are parallel to the equator.
What is Parallels of Latitude.
300
I contain the identification of symbols used on a map, usually contained in a box.
What is a Map Legend (Key).
300
We are the lines of latitude at 66.5 degrees north and south that mark the boundaries of the northern and southern polar zones.
What are the Arctic and Antarctic Circles.
300
We are the areas between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole and the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole, where the climate is generally cold.
What are the Polar Zones.
300
The precise point where a place is located on Earth.
What is Absolute Location.
400
We are the lines in the global grid that run from the North Pole to the South Pole. We are not parallel to each other; the distance between us varies.
What is Meridians of Longitude.
400
I change the shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map.
What is Distortion.
400
I am an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through the center of the Earth. I am tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees.
What is the Axis.
400
We are the area between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, where the climate is generally hot.
What are the Tropical Zones.
400
I tell how to read distances on a map. I show how a unit of distance on the map relates to actual distance on the surface of the Earth.
What is the Map Scale.
500
I run through the Pacific Ocean halfway around the world from the prime meridian. When travelers cross me, they cross over to a different day. Moving west you go forward a day, moving east you go back a day.
What is the International Date Line.
500
I am a way of representing a spherical globe on a flat surface.
What is Map Projection.
500
I am a system of latitude and longitude lines used to locate any place on Earth using a number code.
What is the Global Grid.
500
We are the areas between Earth's tropical zones and polar zones, where the climate is relatively mild.