Geography Vocab
Across
- 2. A typically fresh body of water surrounded by land.
- 3. A piece of land that is surrounded on all sides by water.
- 7. The second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
- 8. A feature on a map describing the ratio between the size on the map and the size in real life.
- 10. A magnetic instrument used for navigation.
- 12. A line on a globe or map which runs around the middle of the Earth.
- 14. The opposite direction from North.
- 15. A book or collection of maps.
- 16. A person who draws or creates maps.
- 18. A long, flowing natural stream of water.
- 19. The study of land and how we use it.
- 21. One of the large land masses on Earth's surface
- 25. The sun sets in this direction.
- 26. Drawing or making maps.
- 29. Refers to the Earth, including the planet and the people, animals and plant life that live there.
- 30. The smallest continent.
- 31. Lines on a globe or map which run vertically through the north and south pole.
- 33. The height above the level of the sea.
- 34. The sun rises in this direction.
Down
- 1. Half of a sphere, the Earth is broken into the Northern and Southern H…
- 4. The largest continent
- 5. Abbreviation for Global Positioning System
- 6. Referring to all plants and trees in an area.
- 9. A nation, a body of land with one government.
- 11. A person who measures and records the positions of places and boundaries
- 13. The direction in which a compass needle points.
- 17. Shown as lines across a map, showing a position north or south of the equator
- 20. Also known as a legend, where the meaning of symbols on a map are described.
- 22. Not man made.
- 23. A boundary separating one state, territory or country from another.
- 24. A set of numbers describing a location on a map.
- 27. The number of people living in a place
- 28. A sphere with a map of the Earth represented on it.
- 31. Also known as a key, where the meaning of symbols on a map are described.
- 32. A diagram of a place, which may show roads and natural features, like lakes, rivers and mountains.