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Prime Meridian
What is 0 degrees longitude
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international date line
What is half way around the world from the prime meridian? (When you cross this line, it is a new day.)
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intermediate directions
What is NE,SE,SW,NW?
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latitude
What is imaginary lines going around the earth telling location north and south?
100
temperate zones
What is the area between polar and tropical zones (Warm summers, cool winters)
200
coordinates
What is the meeting point of latitude and longitude?
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hemispheres
What is dividing earth into halves? (Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western.)
200
longitude
What is an imaginary line going up and over the earth telling location east and west?
200
relative location
What is a place in relationship to another place?
200
earth's tilt
What creates the seasons?
300
Continents
What are the largest land areas? (Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia)
300
map scale
What tells you how to read distances on a map? (1 inch = 100 miles.)
300
revolution
What is one trip around the sun? (365 1/4 days)
300
map tile
What tells you what a map is about?
300
Antarctic circle
What is the northern line of the polar zone?
400
cardinal directions
What is N,S,E,W?
400
compass rose
What shows directions on a map?
400
absolute location
What is an exact point on a map?
400
map position
What represents the round earth on a flat surface?
400
Tropic of Capricorn
What is the southern line of the tropic?
500
Map Legend / Key
What explains the symbols on a map?
500
axis
What is an imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole?
500
map grid
What is an imaginary line on a map dividing up the space?
500
distortion
What is the change in shape, size, or position on a map?
500
Tropic of Cancer
What is the Northern line of the tropics?