Geography Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. A typically fresh body of water surrounded by land.
  2. 3. A piece of land that is surrounded on all sides by water.
  3. 7. The second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
  4. 8. A feature on a map describing the ratio between the size on the map and the size in real life.
  5. 10. A magnetic instrument used for navigation.
  6. 12. A line on a globe or map which runs around the middle of the Earth.
  7. 14. The opposite direction from North.
  8. 15. A book or collection of maps.
  9. 16. A person who draws or creates maps.
  10. 18. A long, flowing natural stream of water.
  11. 19. The study of land and how we use it.
  12. 21. One of the large land masses on Earth's surface
  13. 25. The sun sets in this direction.
  14. 26. Drawing or making maps.
  15. 29. Refers to the Earth, including the planet and the people, animals and plant life that live there.
  16. 30. The smallest continent.
  17. 31. Lines on a globe or map which run vertically through the north and south pole.
  18. 33. The height above the level of the sea.
  19. 34. The sun rises in this direction.
Down
  1. 1. Half of a sphere, the Earth is broken into the Northern and Southern H…
  2. 4. The largest continent
  3. 5. Abbreviation for Global Positioning System
  4. 6. Referring to all plants and trees in an area.
  5. 9. A nation, a body of land with one government.
  6. 11. A person who measures and records the positions of places and boundaries
  7. 13. The direction in which a compass needle points.
  8. 17. Shown as lines across a map, showing a position north or south of the equator
  9. 20. Also known as a legend, where the meaning of symbols on a map are described.
  10. 22. Not man made.
  11. 23. A boundary separating one state, territory or country from another.
  12. 24. A set of numbers describing a location on a map.
  13. 27. The number of people living in a place
  14. 28. A sphere with a map of the Earth represented on it.
  15. 31. Also known as a key, where the meaning of symbols on a map are described.
  16. 32. A diagram of a place, which may show roads and natural features, like lakes, rivers and mountains.