WG - Unit 1

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Across
  1. 5. Areas people think of in a certain way, not with exact borders
  2. 7. A map that changes the size of places to show numbers, like population or wealth.
  3. 10. A skinny strip of land that connects two bigger pieces of land, with water on both sides (Example: Panama).
  4. 12. The names of places on Earth
  5. 13. Areas that have clear borders or the same feature (
  6. 14. Water that cuts into the land, surrounded on three sides by land but open to the sea
  7. 15. map A map that uses lines to show height and shape of the land, like mountains and valleys.
  8. 16. Land that forms at the mouth of a river where it spreads out before entering the sea, often shaped like a triangle
Down
  1. 1. A tool used by surveyors to measure angles on land when making maps.
  2. 2. An imaginary line around the middle of Earth at 0° latitude, dividing it into north and south.
  3. 3. An imaginary line at 0° longitude that runs through Greenwich, England, dividing Earth into east and west.
  4. 4. The exact spot where something is, usually shown with latitude and longitude numbers.
  5. 6. Where something is compared to other places (Example: “Mexico is south of the United States”).
  6. 8. A large, flat area of land that is higher than the land around it
  7. 9. A small river or stream that flows into a bigger river (Example: Missouri River into the Mississippi).
  8. 11. An imaginary line around 180° longitude where the date changes by one day when crossed.