Vocab 1
An imaginary line that runs horizontally through the center of the Earth, dividing the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is the equator?
A design on a map that shows directions.
What is the compass rose?
Direction to get from nebraska to Pennsylvania.
What is east?
20o S, 60oW
What is South America?
Map title
What is Alexander's Empire?
An imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth vertically dividing the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian?
The four major compass points of North, South, East, West used to navigate a map.
What are cardinal directions?
Direction to get from Texas to South Dakota?
What is north?
40oN, 80oE
What is Asia?
Green on the map
What is the Extend of empire?
Imaginary lines drawn on maps from east to west to locate places north or south of the equator.
What is latitude?
The in-between compass points of Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest.
What are intermediate directions?
Direction to get from Florida to Washington.
What is northwest?
40o N, 100oW
What is North America?
Red explosion star on the map
What are Major battles?
Imaginary lines drawn on maps from north to south to locate places east or west of the Prime Meridian.
What is longitude?
A small chart included on a map that gives descriptions of what symbols are used and what they stand for.
What is a map key?
Direction to get from Maine to Texas.
What is southwest?
20o S, 140oE
What is Australia?
Red line with arrow
What are Alexander's routes of conquest?
Word for half the Earth
What is hemisphere?
Represents the distance between two locations on the map. Ex: 1 inch on the map equals 1 mile on the ground.
What is map scale?
Direction to get from Wyoming to Florida.
What is southest?
0o , 20oE
What is Africa?
Regon shown onthe map. (Think Seterra)
What is the Middle East?