Geography Skills Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. is a long period of low rainfall
  2. 3. location is the exact location of a place, and it does not change
  3. 7. a way to show how high and low places by using different colors and shading
  4. 9. is half of the sphere
  5. 10. events are events that are in the news
  6. 12. map shows information such as landforms and bodies of water
  7. 13. is a natural feature of the earth
  8. 14. is the distance or height of land above sea level
  9. 15. is an area of flat land
  10. 18. is the imaginary line that extends around the center of earth
  11. 19. are lines evenly spaced and extend around the globe both north and south of the equator
Down
  1. 2. location describes where a place is in relation to another place
  2. 4. map allows you to compare and contrast the elevations of different areas
  3. 5. meridian is the line of longitude marked as 0 degrees
  4. 6. is a model of earth
  5. 8. map shows a particular time from the past
  6. 11. map shows areas that share similar physical and human characteristics
  7. 13. lines are evenly spaced lines that extend north and south between the north pole and the south pole
  8. 16. is the usual weather pattern in place over a period of time
  9. 17. is an area that shares physical or human characteristics