Across
- 4. The largest circle of latitude on Earth. The equator divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and is called 0 degrees latitude.
- 5. This discipline of geography focuses on the study of human beings. This specifically focuses on things like culture, language, economics and political systems.
- 7. This imaginary line is located in Greenwich, England. It sits at 0 degrees longitude and divides the earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
- 9. __________ Location refers to an exact point on the earth’s surface without regard to how that point is related to any other place.
- 10. Physical _________ describes the natural terrain at any one place on the planet.
- 13. the study of the physical features of the earth and of human activity.
- 14. __________ Location is the location on the earth’s surface with reference to other places.
- 15. A program that receives signals from orbiting satellites and calculate an exact location in latitude and longitude.
Down
- 1. the term used to describe those parts of the earth’s surface that have been altered or created by humans. One example would be parking lots.
- 2. Area ________ focuses on a particular region to understand the dynamics of a specific interaction between human activity and the environment.
- 3. the study of landforms, climates, and the distribution of plants and animals.
- 6. examine the impact of humans on their landscape and find out how different cultures have used and changed their environments.
- 8. This tool uses a computer program to assimilate and manage many layers of map data, which then provide specific information about a given place.
- 11. the horizontal lines on a map (separates the Earth in to Northern and Southern Hempishere). These lines help to pinpoint absolute location.
- 12. This discipline of geography studies the environment, such as rivers, mountains, landforms, weather, climate, soils, plants, and any other physical aspects of the earth’s surface.