Chapter 1 Part 1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 7. an area that people believe exist as part of their cultural identity
  2. 8. a personal representation of a portion of Earth’s surface
  3. 12. refers to the physical gap or interval between two objects
  4. 14. the acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting Earth or from other long-distance methods
  5. 18. relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole
  6. 20. an area organized around a node or focal point
  7. 21. a specific point on Earth, distinguished by a particular characteristic
  8. 23. a combination of cultural features such as language and religion, economic features such as agriculture and industry, and physical features such as climate and vegetation
  9. 24. the numbering system to indicate the location of a parallel
  10. 25. captures, stores, queries and display the geographic data; produces map more accurate and attractive than drawn by hand
  11. 26. the time at the prime meridian, (0* longitude), is the master reference time for al points on Earth
  12. 27. a circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator at right angles to the meridians; Latitude
  13. 28. the name given to a place on Earth
Down
  1. 1. a system that determines the precise position of something on Earth
  2. 2. connects North and South Poles; Longitude
  3. 3. the body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that together constitutes the distinct tradition of a group of people
  4. 4. the meridian that passes through the Royal observatory at Greenwich, England; 0* longitude
  5. 5. an area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics
  6. 6. the physical character of a place
  7. 9. the location of each meridian is identified on Earth’s surface according to a numbering system
  8. 10. an arc that for the most part follows 180* longitude
  9. 11. the position that something occupies on Earth’s surface
  10. 13. science of mapmaking
  11. 15. the scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a flat map
  12. 16. relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space
  13. 17. an area on Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristic
  14. 19. two-dimensional or flat-scale model of Earth’s surface, or a portion of it
  15. 22. the location of a place relative to other places