Chp 1: The Geographer's World

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Across
  1. 1. the study of Earth and its peoples, places, and environments
  2. 5. the method of getting information from faraway, such as deep below the ground
  3. 10. the relationship between distances on the map and on Earth
  4. 12. any way that scientific discoveries are applied to practical use
  5. 15. Earth’s features in terms of their places, shapes, and relationships to one another
  6. 19. the natural surroundings of a place
  7. 21. the starting point for measuring longitude
  8. 22. the lines on a map that run north to south
  9. 23. the average weather in a place over a long period of time
  10. 24. a line of latitude that runs around the middle of Earth
Down
  1. 2. a group of places that are close to one another and that share some characteristics
  2. 3. the feature on a map that explains the symbols, colors, and lines used on the map
  3. 4. the exact location of something
  4. 6. the feature on a map that tells how a measured space on the map relates to the actual distance on Earth
  5. 7. a material that can be used to produce crops or other products
  6. 8. each half of Earth
  7. 9. the location of one place compared to another place
  8. 11. the measurement of how much above or below sea level a place is
  9. 13. the difference between the elevation of one feature and the elevation of another feature near it
  10. 14. a map that shows specialized information
  11. 16. the lines on a map that run east to west
  12. 17. the portions of Earth’s surface that can be viewed at one time from a location
  13. 18. rose the feature on a map that shows direction
  14. 20. projection one of several systems used to represent the round Earth on a flat map
  15. 22. a natural feature found on land