Across
- 4. defines features in a map using symbols or colors. It is also known as a map key.
- 9. measures distance east and west from the prime meridian.
- 10. the way of drawing the earth on a flat surface
- 11. a map maker
- 12. is a meridian or line of longitude in a coordinate system defined as 0°. The prime meridian today runs through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, United Kingdom.
- 15. is a depiction of the geographic features of an area such as mountains, rivers and deserts.
Down
- 1. is similar to a physical map that also shows elevation using contour lines.
- 2. measures distance north and south from the equator
- 3. A half of the earth, usually divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.
- 5. shows governmental boundaries of countries, states, and other political divisions.
- 6. a depiction of prevailing weather patterns in a given area over time.
- 7. a world map projection first created in 1569 that shows all lines of latitude and longitude parallel to each other.
- 8. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°
- 13. A world map projection created by Arthur Robinson in 1963 that shows the whole world on a flat surface where the lines of longitude are not parallel.
- 14. A line of longitude.