Earth unit 1 Mapping latitude and longitude

0 degrees latitude; an imaginary line that runs around the middle of Earth, like a belt

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

0 degrees longitude; an imaginary line that runs up and down through the United Kingdom

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• International Date Line

180 degrees longitude; an imaginary line that runs up and down through the Pacific Ocean

• International Date Line
• Equator
• Time Zone Line
• Prime Meridian

a map feature that shows the directions on a map (north, south, east, and west)

• Compass Rose
• Direction Device
• Cardinal Directions

imaginary lines on a map that run east and west (horizontal)

• Latitude
• Longitude

imaginary lines on a map that run up and down (vertical)

• Latitude
• Longitude

the hemisphere that is NORTH of the Equator

• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Eastern Hemisphere
• Western Hemisphere

the hemisphere that is SOUTH of the Equator

• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Eastern Hemisphere
• Western Hemisphere

the hemisphere that is EAST of the Equator

• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Eastern Hemisphere
• Western Hemisphere

the hemisphere that is WEST of the Equator

• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Eastern Hemisphere
• Western Hemisphere