Across
- 3. how places are similar or different; what makes places unique
- 9. common types of general reference map that show human features
- 11. describes where a place is in comparison to other places around it
- 13. zero degrees longitude
- 14. climate, landforms, and vegetation
- 15. the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is located
- 17. lines of longitude
- 19. where something is
- 20. the study of the earth’s physical features and the living things – humans, plants, and animals – that inhabit the planet
- 21. a common type of general reference map that show landforms and bodies of water
- 22. shows the ratio between a unit of length on the map and a unit of distance on the earth
Down
- 1. series of satellites that orbit the earth and scans the entire earth
- 2. name for each half of the earth
- 4. lines of latitude
- 5. describe people who live in a place, including their religions, languages, etc.
- 6. a way of drawing earth’s surface by presenting a round earth on flat paper
- 7. how people, goods, and ideas travel around the world
- 8. 180 degrees longitude
- 10. map key
- 12. how humans interact with their environment
- 14. what it is like there
- 16. mapmaker
- 18. zero degrees latitude
