Map Skills Key Words

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Across
  1. 5. This describes the ratio in size between something in the real world and its representation on a map.
  2. 6. This refers to the highest and lowest elevation points in an area.
  3. 7. This is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian
  4. 9. All geography that involves humans working with, and changing, the natural world.
  5. 10. This is a grid of squares helps the map-reader to locate a place.
Down
  1. 1. This type of geography is the study of the earth’s natural features
  2. 2. This is the branch of geography that deals with humans and interactions with the environment
  3. 3. This is a government mapping agency that creates maps.
  4. 4. This is the half of an imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, terminated by the North Pole and the South Pole
  5. 8. This is the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator