Globe Vocabulary

the imaginary lines that run EAST to WEST on a globe or map

• degrees

• longitude

• latitude

• prime meridian

the line of longitude the measures 0 degrees

• prime meridian

• equator

• degrees

• latitude

the lines of longitude on a globe or map

• equator

• meridian

• degrees

• latitude

the imaginary lines that run from the north to south poles

• degrees

• latitude

• hemisphere

• longitude

a unit of measurement of angles

• parallels

• latitude

• degrees

• longitude

the middle line of latitude that measures 0 degrees

• equator

• paralles

• latitude

• degrees

the lines of latitude on a globe or map

• degrees

• parallels

• latitude

• equator

one half of the Earth

• North Pole

• Tropic of Capricorn

• hemisphere

• South Pole

the southern most point on the Earth

• South Pole

• North Pole

• tropics

• Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Cancer

• hemisphere

• North Pole

• line of latitude at 23.5 degrees N that marks the southern edge of the tropics

• South Pole