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Term | Definition |
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latitude | ladder; north and south, but measure east and west. another name for latitude are called Parallels |
longitude | long like a rope; east and west, but measures north and south. another name for longitude are called meridians. |
Equator | a invisible line that stretches across the Earth from east to west, but separates north and south at 0* longitude. |
prime meridian | an invisible line that stretches across the Earth from north to south, but splits up East and West at 0* latitude |
continent | Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, north america, south america, Africa |
oceans | Pacific, Indian, arctic, atlantic |
hemispheres | 4 hemispheres, north, south, east, west |
cardinal and intermediate directions | north, south, east, west, north east, north west, south east, south west. |