Geography Vocabulary

_____________________________ is a scale model of the earth

• Globe

• Map

_______________________________ is the pattern of lines that circles the globe.

• Latitudes

• Grid

______________ are the east-west lines

• Longitudes & Parallels

• Latitude & Parallels

North-south lines

• Longitudes & Parallels

• Longitude & Meridians

The distance measured between parallels

• Minutes

• Degrees

Sub components of degrees

• Degrees

• Minutes

Seven large landmasses that our planet is divided into

• Island

• Continents

Shows where in the world the area on a map is located

• Location Map

• Location Projector

Explains what the symbols on the map represent

• Map

• Legend

The distance between points on a map in either miles or kilometers

• Title

• Scale