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Mrs. T's Map Vocab
Map Vocabulary for Unit I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is half of the earth called | Hemisphere |
| What do we call the lines that show location north or south of the equator? | Latitude |
| What do we call lines that show location east or west of the Prime Meridian? | Longitude |
| What do we call the line of latitude that divides the world into the northern and southern hemispheres? | Equator |
| What do we call the line of longitude that divides the world into the eastern and western hemispheres? | Prime Meridian |
| What is another name for lines of latitude? | parallels |
| What are the cardinal directions? | north, south, east, west |
| What are the intermediate directions? | northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest |
| What is used to find the directions on a map? | compass rose |
| What is the devise used to measure distance between two points on a map called? | scale |
| What is the box that tells you what symbols on a map mean? | map key |