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SSmaps/globes

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What are lines that run from right to left or left to right on a map? latitude lines
What is another name for lines of latitude? parallel lines
What is the imaginary line that divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres? equator
What is the imaginary line that divides the Western and Eastern Hemispheres? Prime Meridian
What two hemispheres does the equator divide? Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What two hemispheres does the prime meridian divide? Western and Eastern Hemispheres
What latitude line is located at 23.5 degrees North Latitude? Tropic of Cancer
What latitude line is located at 23.5 degrees South Latitude? Tropic of Capricorn
What latitude line is located at 66.5 degrees North Latitude? Arctic Circle
What latitude line is located at 66.5 degrees South Latitude? Antarctic Circle
What zone is located at 23.5 degrees North Latitude and 23.5 degrees South Latitude? Tropical Zone
What zone is located at 23.5 degrees North Latitude and 66.5 degrees North Latitude? Temperate Zone
What zone is located at 23.5 degrees South Latitude and 66.5 degrees South Latitude? Temperate Zone
What zone is located at 66.5 degrees North Latitude and 90 degrees North Latitude? Frigid Zone
What zone is located at 66.5 degrees South Latitude and 90 degrees South Latitude? Frigid Zone
What is the imaginary line between the North and South Pole? Axis
What map shows cities, states, and countries using different types of colors that represent them? political map
What map shows landforms, bodies of water, and elevations of different places? physical map
Also known as a "Legend", what shows the map symbols in a map? key
What is used to estimate distances in a map? scale
What is used as a pointer that shows North, South, East, or West location on a map? compass rose
What is another name for the Frigid Zones Polar Zones or Polar Regions
What are lines on a map that run up and down or down and up? longitude lines
What is another name for a line of longitude? meridian
What is a map that has both latitude and longitude lines? global grid
What are the seasons in a Temperate Zone climate? (IN ANY ORDER) summer, fall (autumn), winter spring
What is known as a half of the Earth? hemisphere
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