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