Unit 1 World Geography

3. the numbers representing Latitude and Longitude
6. Area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
7. shows direction on a map
9. marks boundary for southern climate zone (equidistant from Equator)
11. tells what a map shows
12. tells you how to read distance on a map
13. furthest point south where the sun does not shine at all one day each year
14. the Earth dived into halves (North – South, East – West)
15. the largest areas of land on the planet
16. imaginary that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through the center of the earth
18. the point where a line of latitude and a line longitude meet
19. area between the tropical and arctic zones that lack temperature extremes
21. lines of latitude that run east- west around the globe
22. orbit of Earth around the Sun, takes about 365 and ½ days

1. half circles that run from the North Pole to the South Pole. Not parallel to each other
2. marks boundary for northern climate zone (equidistant from Equator)
4. runs through the Pacific Ocean halfway around the world from the Prime Meridian
5. most important of north-south lines, runs through Greenwich, England
8. the spinning motion of the Earth on its axis
10. furthest point north where the sun does not shine at all one day each year
17. Legend identifies symbols on a map
20. area between Arctic & Antarctic Circles and the poles
23. the most important parallel of latitude