Introduction to Geography

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Across
  1. 2. vertical lines that show the position east or west of the Prime Meridian measured in degrees
  2. 6. ______ Meridian is the line of 0° longitude, the starting point for measuring distance both east and west around Earth. It divides Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
  3. 7. horizontal lines around the earth, parallel to the equator that show the position north or south of the Equator measured in degrees
  4. 8. _____ direction, compass direction that lies between the cardinal directions, like northeast, southeast,northwest, southwest
  5. 10. One of seven large landmasses
Down
  1. 1. Study of the human and nonhuman features
  2. 3. a dry, barren area of land, especially one covered with sand, that is characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation.
  3. 4. _______ direction (North, East, South, and West)
  4. 5. continuous body of saltwater that is contained in enormous basins on Earth’s surface.
  5. 9. an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude, halfway between the North and South poles. It divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
  6. 11. Earth