Across
- 2. a part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas
- 5. lines that run east and west but that measure north and south of the equator
- 6. all the human and physical features that make a place unique
- 9. a flat drawing of the earth's surface
- 10. the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create
- 13. how and why people and things move
- 14. a change in the shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a flat map
- 15. units of measurement that locate lines of latitude and longitude
- 17. imaginary lines that circle Earth in east-west and north-south directions
- 21. the study of the people, communities, and landscapes
- 24. northern and southern or eastern and western halves of the globe
- 25. zero degrees latitude
- 26. how people affect their environment and how their environment affects them
Down
- 1. a general description of where a place is location often expressed in relation to something else
- 3. a system that transmits information from satellites to Earth, giving the exact location of a given object on our planet
- 4. the study of weather and what causes it
- 7. a system that combines and provides geographic information from many different sources
- 8. lines that run north and south but that measure degrees east or west of the prime meridian
- 10. a spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet
- 11. the study of the world's landforms, bodies of water, climate, soils, and plants
- 12. the science of making maps
- 16. a field that studies people and the relationships among them
- 18. Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates
- 19. where something is- relative and absolute
- 20. zero degrees longitude
- 22. an area's landscape including it's land, climate and people
- 23. ways that our round planet can be shown on a flat map