Map Skills Vocabulary
Across
- 4. map Shows the government borders for countries, states and counties, as well as the location of capitals and major cities.
- 9. A person who makes maps
- 10. An imaginary line of zero degrees longitude which runs from North Pole to South Pole, divides the Earth in half creating the Eastern and Western hemisphere.
- 15. An imaginary line through the Pacific Ocean roughly corresponding to 180 degrees longitude to the east of which international circle around the Earth equally distant from the North and South Pole
- 16. Imaginary longitude line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole
- 17. An element of a map that shows how a unit of distance on the map (such as an inch) relates to actual distance on the surface of Earth.
- 18. A system of satellites that determines latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth
- 19. (special purpose) Especially designed map to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area.
- 20. Scale model of the earth
- 21. One of the seven largest areas of land on Earth
Down
- 1. An element of a map that shows what the main subject of the map is
- 2. map In addition to country borders, major cities and significant bodies of water, it indicates the location of land-forms like deserts, mountains and plains.
- 3. Imaginary lines that run north-south. Measure distance East or West of the Prime Meridian.
- 5. One half of a sphere; earth can be divided into eastern and western hemispheres or into northern and southern hemispheres
- 6. a general description of where a place is located
- 7. Imaginary lines that run east-west. Measure distance North or South of the Equator.
- 8. a territory of a nation
- 11. A book of maps
- 12. A symbol on the map that shows direction
- 13. A box or other display on a map that explains the meaning of the symbols used on the map
- 14. An imaginary circle around the Earth equally distance from the North and South Pole