1.What is the imaginary line that circles the earth and lies at 0 degrees latitude called?
2.What is the line that separates the Northern and Southern hemispheres known as?
3. The line that runs east to west and lies at 0 degrees of latitude is called?
100
legend/key
1.What is the part of a map tells you what the colors and symbols mean?
100
map
What is a representation (drawing) of the Earth, or part of the Earth on a flat surface, known as?
100
continent
What is one of the seven largest land masses on earth called?
100
East to West
parallel to each other
horizontally
Which way do lines of latitude run?
200
Prime Meridian
1.What is the line of longitude that passes through Greenwich, England known as?
2.What is the line that separates the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is called?
3. What is the line that runs north to south and lies at 0 degrees longitude is called?
etc.
200
borders
What are the lines that separate one country from another on a map called?
200
globe
What is the name given to an accurate model of the earth?
What is another name for an accurate model of the Earth?
200
7 (seven)
How many continents are there?
200
Relative Location
Which type of 'location' means to find a place by describing other landmarks/streets/cities/countries that are surround (are close to) it?
300
north to south - North Pole to South Pole
In which direction do lines of longitude run?
Lines of longitude run in which direction?
300
map scale
What is used to calculate the distance between two places on a map called?
300
political map
What is the name given to a map which shows different countries and their borders?
What type of map shows different countries and their borders?
300
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
What are names of the seven continents?
300
Eastern & Western hemispheres
Which two hemispheres are separated by the Prime Meridian?
400
Parallels
What other name are lines of latitude known by?
400
Cardinal Directions
What is the alternative (other) name for the directions North, East, South, West?
400
physical map
What type of map shows the physical features of the land, such as where mountains, canyons, and rivers are?
400
Antarctica
Which continent has the South Pole located in it?
400
Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western
What are the four hemispheres that the earth is divided into?
500
meridians
What is another name for lines of longitude?
What are lines of longitude also known as?
500
compass rose
What is the name given to the symbol on a map that is used to show direction?
500
cartographer
What is person who draws maps (map maker) called?
500
Australia
Which continent is also a country?
500
Absolute location
What type of location can be found using latitude and longitude coordinates?