Geography Vocab

A book of maps.

• atlas

• compass rose

• continent

• eastern hemisphere

Part of a map that shows the directions.

• legend

• compass rose

• atlas

• equator

Main LANDmass of the globe. There are 7.

• map scale

• northern hemisphere

• continent

• map

Half of the earth EAST of the prime meridian.

• atlas

• compass rose

• continent

• eastern hemisphere

The imaginary line around the middle of the earth. VERY HOT here!

• northern hemisphere

• legend

• compass rose

• equator

Half of the earth, NORTH of the equator.

• atlas

• continent

• northern hemisphere

• map

A table on a map or chart, explains what the symbols or pictures mean.

• atlas

• legend

• western hemisphere

• equator

Half of the earth, SOUTH of the equator.

• southern hemisphere

• compass rose

• continent

• map

A picture that shows the whole or part of an area.

• compass rose

• map

• atlas

• northern hemisphere

Half of the earth, WEST of the prime meridian.

• continent

• atlas

• legend

• western hemisphere