Map Skills

The directions that are midway between two cardinal directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.

• intermediate directions

• longitude

• cardinal directions

• equator

A large body of salt water

• ocean

• stream

• equator

• prime meridan

A model of Earth that is round like a ball.

• map

• globe

• ball

• prime

The shape of the land.

• ocean

• map

• landform

• latitude

A term that means "half of the Earth".

• globe

• ocean

• harnessed

• hemisphere

Located at 0 degrees longitude and separates the Earth into the east and west hemispheres.

• prime meridian

• longitude

• equator

• latitude

Line that go up and down on a map or globe. They run north and south.

• imaginary

• longitude

• equator

• latitude

A type of map that includes boundaries, cities, and states.

• climate map

• population map

• physical map

• political map

Lines that go across a map or around a globe. They run east and west.

• longitude

• latitude

• prime meridian

• hemisphere

An imaginary line halfway between the North Pole and South Pole.

• prime meridian

• globe

• equator

• longitude