Basic Geography Terms
Across
- 5. model of a compass that shows the cardinal directions
- 6. person moving into a country
- 7. person leaving a country
- 10. people changing the environment to meet their needs
- 12. where the longitude is defined to be at zero degrees in a coordinate system
- 13. distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees up to 90 degrees
- 14. people, goods, and ideas traveling from one place to another
- 17. method of putting a map of the Earth onto a flat piece of paper
- 18. geographic coordinate that specifies east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface
- 19. movement of people to cities
- 20. round ball that is the model of the earth
Down
- 1. imaginary line dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
- 2. the process of spreading new knowledge and skills to other cultures
- 3. categorizing an area of land with a unifying characteristic
- 4. the change in accuracy of the shapes and distances of places
- 5. north, south, east, and west
- 8. tells you the relative distance/size on the map to the real world
- 9. where something is - it can be absolute or relative
- 11. legend on a map that explains what the symbols represent
- 15. way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
- 16. the study of the earth or anything that can be mapped
- 17. physical and human characteristics in an area