The World of Geography & The Geographers tool

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Across
  1. 2. a half of earth
  2. 3. make areas near the poles look bigger then they are.
  3. 8. show s the correct size of landmasses, but their shapes are altered.
  4. 10. loss of accuracy
  5. 12. ______________ includes the human and physical features at a specific location.
  6. 13. a line of longitude
  7. 14. many geographers believe that it is the best world map available.
  8. 15. a line of latitude that circles earth at the center of the tropics, midway between the North and South poles, along which days and nights are always equal in length
  9. 16. _______________________ are photographs of earths surface taken from the air.
  10. 19. GIS
Down
  1. 1. ________________ are units that measure angles.
  2. 2. _______________________ explores how people affect their environment, or their natural surroundings, and how their environment affects them.
  3. 4. the theme of __________________ helps you understand cultural changes
  4. 5. the distance north of south of earth's equator, in degrees
  5. 6. the section of a map that explains the symbols and colors on the map
  6. 7. rose a diagram of a compass showing
  7. 9. direction the direction north, east, south and west
  8. 11. shows how distance on the mapcompare to actual distances on the land.
  9. 17. Geographers use both cardinal and intermediate directions to describe ____________________.
  10. 18. the distance east or west of the prime meridian, in degrees
  11. 19. the study of earth
  12. 20. geographers use the theme __________ to group places that have something in common.
  13. 21. a way to map earth on a flat surface
  14. 22. relative size