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SOL Vocabulary-Set 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| half of a globe | hemisphere |
| tells what the symbols on a map mean; also called a key | legend |
| shows distance on a map; often uses a ratio such as 1:1,000 | scale |
| another word for direction; shows on a map by a compass rose | orientation |
| lines on a map that show the distance north or south of the Equator | latitude |
| lines on a map that show the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian | longitude |
| another word for a latitude line | parallel |
| another name for a longitude line | meridian |
| 0 degrees latitude | Equator |
| 0 degrees longitude | Prime Meridian |
| latitude line in the northern hemisphere that marks the border of the tropics | Tropic of Cancer |
| latitude line in the southern hemisphere that marks the border of the tropics | Tropic of Capricorn |
| latitude line that marks the high latitudes near the North Pole | Arctic Circle |
| latitude line that marks the high latitudes near the South Pole | Antarctic Circle |
| (Geographic Information Systems) computer database programs that can draw maps, charts, etc. | GIS |
| shows direction (orientation) on a map | compass rose |
| lines on a map that show elevation | contours |
| maps that have a specific theme (population, climate, vegetation, etc.) | thematic maps |
| map projection with parallel longitude lines; areas near the poles are very distorted; good for ship navigation | Mercator |
| map projection with a view from above the North or South Pole; good for airline pilots | Polar |
| map projection with longitude lines that curve toward the poles; less distortion than a Mercator; good for data representation | Robinson |
| the actual location of a place (on a harbor, an island, a hilltop, etc.) | site |
| the relative location of a place (on a trade route, between rivers, etc.) | situation |
| the weather of an area over a long period of time | climate |
| atmospheric conditions at a specific period of time | weather |
| rain, snow, etc. | precipitation |
| areas between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer or Capricorn; usually hot weather | low latitudes |
| areas between the tropics and the Arctic/Antarctic Circles; mild or temperate weather; different seasons | middle latitudes |
| areas between the Arctic/Antarctic Circles and the poles; very cold weather | high latitudes |
| many people living closely together (usually an urban area) | dense population |
| few people; people live farther apart (usually a rural area) | sparse population |
| warm rainforest areas; plenty of precipitation and vegetation | tropical wet |
| warm grassland areas such as the Sahel of Africa | savanna |
| hot and dry climate (usually a desert) | arid |
| relatively dry area, but plants exist, such as Africa’s Kalahari Desert | semiarid |
| colder grassland areas such as in southern Siberia or Mongolia | steppe |
| cold dense forest areas; found in Canada, other colder areas with plenty of rainfall | taiga |
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