Geography of the United States vocabulary words

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Across
  1. 6. a system of lines that cross each other to form a pattern of squares and on a map used to locate places
  2. 9. a direction such as northwest that is between two cardinal directions
  3. 13. a collection or book of maps
  4. 14. a symbol on a map that shows directions
  5. 17. lines that measure the distances east and west of the prime meridian
  6. 18. a map legend the boxed list showing the symbols and what they represent on a map
Down
  1. 1. half of a sphere
  2. 2. a unit measure there are 360 degrees of latitude and longitude to used to locate places
  3. 3. the starting point for measuring longitude
  4. 4. the distance above or below sea level
  5. 5. one of the four main compass points north south east and west
  6. 7. lines that measure distance north and west of the equator
  7. 8. a map that shows information such as borders capitals and important cities
  8. 10. an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between North and South poles
  9. 11. a line drawn on a map that shows the relationship between a unit of measurement on the map and the real distance on earth
  10. 12. a map that shows geographic features of a place such as mountains valleys and bodies of water
  11. 15. a thing that stands for or represents something else
  12. 16. a model of the earth