Geography Essentail Skills

Zero degree line of longitude?

• North

• Prime Meridian
• parallel
• gulf

Zero degree line of latitude

• Equator
• east

• longitude
• west

Study of map making

• Columbusography
• finditography
• mapography
• cartography

The ___________ projection is the most common type of map projection used for sailing.

• Columbus
• Mercator
• conical
• flat

Chain of islands

• peninsula
• gulf
• archipelago
• tributary

Large body of water surrounded by land on 3 sides (light blue in the picture).

• continent

• archipelago
• gulf
• lake

Imaginary lines that measure north and south of the equator.

• meridians
• longitude
• latitude
• cartography

half of the Earth

• archipelago
• gulf
• longitude
• hemisphere

Imaginary lines that measure east and west on the globe

• longitude
• latitude
• equator
• archipelago

land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides (the boot shape in the picture).

• cartography
• peninsula

• continent

• archipelago