Continents, Oceans, Map Skills

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Across
  1. 2. An imaginary line that runs vertically through the center of the Earth, dividing the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
  2. 7. The ocean east of Africa, south of Asia, and west of Australia.
  3. 15. The ocean between North and South America and Asia and Australia.
  4. 16. A system of lines used to describe the location of any place on earth. These imaginary lines run in a east/west direction.
  5. 17. The half of the earth that is east of the prime meridian.
  6. 21. A continent to the southeast of Asia and to the north of Antarctica.
  7. 23. An imaginary line that runs horizontally through the center of the Earth, dividing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
  8. 24. The four major compass points of north, south, east, and west used to navigate a map.
  9. 25. A continent east of Europe and Africa, and north of Australia; the largest of the continents
  10. 27. A picture that is used to represent an object on a map.
  11. 28. Represents the distances between two locations on the map. Ex: 1 in. on the map equals 1 mi. on the ground.
  12. 30. The half of the earth that is south of the equator.
Down
  1. 1. The northernmost ocean on earth.
  2. 3. The large, salty bodies of water between the continents.
  3. 4. A symbol that shows the directions on a map.
  4. 5. The southernmost ocean in the world.
  5. 6. The in-between compass points of northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.
  6. 8. The half of the earth that is north of the equator.
  7. 9. A system of lines used to describe the location of any place on earth. These imaginary lines run in a north/south direction.
  8. 10. A continent west of Asia and north of Africa.
  9. 11. A continent south of North America.
  10. 12. This map shows natural landforms. They may include: rivers, lakes, and mountains.
  11. 13. The main land masses of the world.
  12. 14. A continent south of Europe and west of Asia.
  13. 18. A continent north of South America.
  14. 19. This map shows boundaries defining nations, countries, states, provinces, and territories and the major cities that lie within them.
  15. 20. The ocean between North and South America and Europe and Africa.
  16. 22. The half of the earth that is west of the prime meridian.
  17. 26. The southernmost continent in the world.
  18. 29. A small chart included on a map that gives descriptions of what symbols are used and what they stand for.