Across
- 5. Areas people think of in a certain way, not with exact borders
- 7. A map that changes the size of places to show numbers, like population or wealth.
- 10. A skinny strip of land that connects two bigger pieces of land, with water on both sides (Example: Panama).
- 12. The names of places on Earth
- 13. Areas that have clear borders or the same feature (
- 14. Water that cuts into the land, surrounded on three sides by land but open to the sea
- 15. map A map that uses lines to show height and shape of the land, like mountains and valleys.
- 16. Land that forms at the mouth of a river where it spreads out before entering the sea, often shaped like a triangle
Down
- 1. A tool used by surveyors to measure angles on land when making maps.
- 2. An imaginary line around the middle of Earth at 0° latitude, dividing it into north and south.
- 3. An imaginary line at 0° longitude that runs through Greenwich, England, dividing Earth into east and west.
- 4. The exact spot where something is, usually shown with latitude and longitude numbers.
- 6. Where something is compared to other places (Example: “Mexico is south of the United States”).
- 8. A large, flat area of land that is higher than the land around it
- 9. A small river or stream that flows into a bigger river (Example: Missouri River into the Mississippi).
- 11. An imaginary line around 180° longitude where the date changes by one day when crossed.