Geography Terms

1. Lines of latitude help to determine weathern patterns for a region, also known as __________
7. directions between cardinal directions
8. imaginary line that divides earth into Western and Eastern Hemispheres
9. imaginary lines that run paralles to the Equator
10. when writing coordinates, longitude is written _______
11. when writing coordinates, latitude is written _________
12. imaginary line that divides earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
13. there are 5 of these; largest bodies of water on Earth
17. Connecticut is located in the Northern and ______________ hemispheres
18. imaginary lines of latitude and longitude
19. Lines of longitude help determine these by making a new one every 15 degrees
20. a synonym for "important"
22. imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole and measure distances east or west from the Prime Meridian

2. the exact place, such as an address or coordinates of latitude and longitude
3. a special type of scientist who studies and predicts weather
4. a design on a map that shows direction
5. a place's position described by its relationship to another place using landmarks, distance, and directions
6. north, east, south, west
8. two points at the very top and bottom of a globe/Earth
14. one of Earth's seven large landmasses
15. the name of Mrs. Overchuk's dog
16. half of the earth
21. the name of the continent that is located in all four hemispheres