The Many Maps of the United States Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. / a series of horizontal and vertical lines running across the map
  2. 4. scale / placed on a map to show the ratio of distance on the map that corresponds to the distance on the Earth
  3. 5. Hemisphere / parallels north of the equator
  4. 6. / a map maker
  5. 9. Hemisphere / parallels south of the equator
  6. 12. / number that identifies a position
  7. 13. Hemisphere / lines of longitude that run east of the Prime Meridian
  8. 14. Hemisphere / lines of longitude that run west of the Prime Meridian
  9. 17. key / shows what the symbols or colors on the map mean
  10. 18. Title / serves to focus attention on the primary content of the map
  11. 20. Map / map that shows human features such as the state's borders
  12. 22. map / map that shows physical features such as mountains, rivers, and lakes
Down
  1. 2. date line / is at 180 degrees longitude and it an imaginary line on the Earth that officially marks the beginning of one day and the end of another
  2. 3. / lines that run east and west along the globe
  3. 7. location / an exact location on the earth's surface
  4. 8. Directions / indicate North, South, East and West
  5. 10. / lines that run north and south along the globe
  6. 11. rose / shows directions
  7. 15. / is at zero degrees latitude
  8. 16. / pictures on a map that stand for something in the real world
  9. 19. Directions / are naturally in between the cardinal directions
  10. 21. meridian / is at zero degrees longitude