Human Geo Mapping Skills Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. directional marker that shows, north, south, east, and west.
  2. 7. Southern most point on the earth. 90 degrees south.
  3. 9. Imaginary lines running east and west around the globe, used to measure the distance north and south of the equator in degrees, also called parallels.
  4. 10. Shows the physical features on the earth's surface.
  5. 18. Uses contour lines instead of colors to show changes in the landscape.
  6. 20. directions on a compass rose that show northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.
  7. 21. Maps that emphasize a single idea about an area.
  8. 22. Explanation of the symbols on a map.
  9. 24. Zero degrees longitude. An imaginary line that passed through Greenwich, England. All lines of longitude are measured from this line.
  10. 27. The use of symbols to present information on a map.
Down
  1. 1. Line of longitude located at 180 degrees in the Pacific Ocean. Traveling west of the line, you add a day. Traveling east of the line, you subtract a day.
  2. 3. Special graphs using a picture of the subject to present important information.
  3. 4. The division of the world into 24 zones. Each zone represents 15 degrees longitude. Moving East - subtract an hour. Moving West - add an hour.
  4. 5. Shows major and minor highways, roads, airports, city locations, and points of interest like parks, campgrounds, and monuments.
  5. 6. Directional marker on a map.
  6. 8. Used to compare and contrast two or more subhjects.
  7. 11. Shows the boundaries of countries, continents on a map.
  8. 12. Imaginary line of latitude located at 23 1/2 degrees South.
  9. 13. imaginary vertical lines running from pole to pole on the globe used to measure the distance east and west of the Prime Meridian; also called Meridians.
  10. 14. Northern most point on the earth. 90 degrees north.
  11. 15. Imaginary line of latitude located at 23 1/2 degrees North.
  12. 16. Useful tools that show facts arranged in columns and rows.
  13. 17. Used to relate distance on the map to real distance on the ground.
  14. 19. Half of a sphere or globe, as in the earth's Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
  15. 23. Diagram showing the main idea and details of a given subject.
  16. 25. The imaginary line that divided the world between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
  17. 26. Drawings that show what something is or how something is done.