Tools of Geography - 2

The unit of measurement used for latitude and longitude; the symbol is a small circle found to the upper right of a coordinate

• Cardinal Directions
• Absolute Location
• Degrees
• Hemisphere

When we use latitude and longitude lines to find a place's exact position on earth it is called this.

• Intermediate Directions
• Equator
• Mapquest
• Absolute Location

North, South, East, and West

• Intermediate Directions

• Cardinal Directions

• Primary Directions

• Locator Directions

Half of the earth or half of a sphere

• Hemisphere
• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• Axis

0° degrees latitude line

• Prime Meridian
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Equator

0° degrees longitude line

• Equator
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Prime Meridian

The science of creating or designing maps

• Chemistry
• Navigation
• Cartography
• Geography

The science of studying the earth and all of its features (such as landforms, bodies of water, cultures of people, and how people interact with their environment)

• Geography
• Radiocarbon Dating
• Degrees
• Biology

Tool on a map that shows cardinal directions and intermediate directions

• Map Key
• Compass Rose
• Map Scale
• Map Distortion

The largest of the 7 continents

• Africa
• South America
• Australia
• Asia