Unit 1 World Geography

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Across
  1. 3. body of water that cuts deeply into a shoreline and is enclosed by land on three sides.
  2. 4. the Earth dived into halves (North – South, East – West)
  3. 6. tells you how to read distance on a map
  4. 7. mountains, valleys, plains and plateaus
  5. 8. the numbers representing Latitude and Longitude
  6. 10. area between Arctic & Antarctic Circles and the poles
  7. 12. tells what a map shows
  8. 13. the largest areas of land on the planet
  9. 15. orbit of Earth around the Sun, takes about 365 and ½ days
  10. 18. show continents but distort Oceans
  11. 20. Legend identifies symbols on a map
  12. 23. Area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
  13. 24. marks boundary for southern climate zone (equidistant from Equator)
  14. 25. focuses on the way people produce, buy and sell goods and services
  15. 26. imaginary that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through the center of the earth
  16. 28. show direction but distort size
  17. 30. Fuels oil, coal and natural gas
  18. 33. height above sea level
  19. 34. furthest point north where the sun does not shine at all one day each year
  20. 36. most important of north-south lines, runs through Greenwich, England
Down
  1. 1. trees or other plants that will grow in an area
  2. 2. natural parts of the Earth’s surface
  3. 5. the spinning motion of the Earth on its axis
  4. 9. lines of latitude that run east- west around the globe
  5. 10. rain, snow, or other forms of moisture
  6. 11. the point where a line of latitude and a line longitude meet
  7. 14. runs through the Pacific Ocean halfway around the world from the Prime Meridian
  8. 16. marks boundary for northern climate zone (equidistant from Equator)
  9. 17. show polar areas that other maps distort
  10. 19. furthest point south where the sun does not shine at all one day each year
  11. 21. grid system of latitude and longitude lines
  12. 22. half circles that run from the North Pole to the South Pole. Not parallel to each other
  13. 24. area between the tropical and arctic zones that lack temperature extremes
  14. 27. average number of people living in a unit of area
  15. 29. the most important parallel of latitude
  16. 31. present only information pertaining to one theme or topic
  17. 32. shows direction on a map
  18. 35. long term weather patterns