Basic Geography

2. A method of representing the curved surface of the Earth on a flat map.
7. The imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, equidistant from the poles, dividing the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
9. The study of landforms, bodies of water, weather and climate, and the geological processes that shape the Earth.
10. The imaginary line running from the North Pole to the South Pole, passing through Greenwich, England, used as the reference point for longitude.
12. Imaginary lines running east-west around the Earth, used to measure distance north or south of the equator.
13. Imaginary lines running north-south from the North Pole to the South Pole, used to measure distance east or west of the prime meridian.

1. The ratio of a distance on a map to the corresponding distance on the ground.
3. The study of ecosystems, plant and animal life, and how human activity and natural processes both influence the world.
4. The study of how humans affect the world they live in, including the movement of groups of people, the spread of cultures, and how they change their environment.
5. North, South, East, West.
6. A tool that shows direction (north, south, east, west).
8. A drawing that shows where places are located.
11. A round model of the Earth.