Map Skills Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. distance north or south of the Equator
  2. 5. a circle showing the principal directions
  3. 7. Half of the earth’s sphere
  4. 10. a book of maps
  5. 12. the place where a particular point or object exists.
  6. 13. the line of 0° longitude, the starting point for measuring distance both east and west around Earth
  7. 15. an inset on a map that explains the symbols
  8. 16. an imaginary line halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole, at 0 degrees latitude.
Down
  1. 1. the main points on a compass -north, south, east, and west
  2. 2. the physical features of the earth
  3. 4. the parallel of latitude that is approximately 23¹/₂ degrees north of the equator
  4. 6. a mark or character used as a representation
  5. 8. its exact place on Earth
  6. 9. the relationship between a distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the earth.
  7. 11. measurement east or west of the prime meridian.
  8. 14. a unit of latitude or longitude, used to define points on the earth's surface