the imaginary line around which a large round object, such as the Earth
What is an Axis?
200
a map created by placing a CONE shaped screen on a globe.
What is a Conic Projection?
200
the second-largest ocean and provies some of the world's most heavily trafficked sea routes, between and within the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Atlantic Ocean
200
the largest continent on earth covering about 9 percent of the earth’s surface.It is the most populated continent on earth, estimated population of around 4.3 billion people.
the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
What is Latitude?
400
a map that try's to depict the continents as accurately as possible by leaving blank space in the less important areas of the map, such as in the oceans.
What is a Interrupted Projection?
400
the fourth-largest ocean and is deep, 4,000 to 5,000 m over most of its extent with only limited areas of shallow water
What is the Southern Ocean?
400
the second smallest continent in the world and ancient Greece is known to be the birth place of the western culture.
a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator
What is Hemisphere?
500
a project map data onto a flat surface
What is a Planar Projection
500
the smallest of the world's five oceans and the Northwest Passage (US and Canada) and Northern Sea Route (Norway and Russia) are two important seasonal waterways.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
500
Most of the land and area of the continent is dominated by Canada, United States of America, Greenland and Mexico.