Geography Vocabulary

3. lines running vertically around the earth measuring degrees east and west of the prime meridian
4. a line of longitude between the eastern and western hemisphere that helps determines date and time
5. where a place is located in relation to another place
8. the method a mapmaker uses to portray the world as a map; there are many of these
10. northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast
14. a way to measure distance on a map; ex. ½ inch on a map represents 100 miles
15. one half of the Earth
16. the exact location of a place on earth; measured in coordinates

1. a problem common in all maps because it is impossible
2. north, south, east, west
6. lines running across the earth that measure degrees above and below the equator
7. the largest continent
9. zero degree line of longitude that passes through Greenwich, England
11. line of latitude that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere
12. exactly flatten a 3D sphere into a 2D flat plane
13. the smallest continent
14. a chart that explains what symbols on a map mean