Vocabulary Part I
Imaginary lines running in a north-south direction across earth
What is Longitude?
The four main directions of a compass: north, south, east, and west
What are cardinal directions?
The _________________ is 90 degrees north of the Equator.
What is the North Pole?
Latitude lines run _________
What is horizontally?
Imaginary lines running in an east-west direction
What is latitude?
A figure found somewhere on the edge of a map showing the four cardinal directions and the intermediate directions
What is a compass rose?
Divides the map using latitude and longitude lines that is used to help you locate places easily
What is a coordinate grid?
Longitude lines run _________________
What is vertically?
What is scale?
The direction in between the cardinal directions: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest
What is intermediate directions?
Lines of latitude and longitude actually exist and you can see them. True or false
What is false?
The reference point for time zones
What is the International Date Line?
Pictures or icons that represent different features on a map
What are symbols?
An imaginary line of latitude dividing the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere
What is the equator?
What is degrees?
Tells you what each symbol on the map represents and is also sometimes known as a map key
An imaginary line of longitude dividing the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere
What is the Prime Meridian?
Longitude lines are also known as ___________
What are meridians?
Latitude lines are also known as _______________
What are parallels?