Social Studies Unit 1 Topic 1 Vocabulary

One of 7 large land masses on earth: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia

• ocean

• continent

• poles

• hemisphere

One of 5 giant areas of salt water: Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Southern

• ocean

• continent

• poles

• hemisphere

highest and lowest points of longitude and latitude; North Pole and South Pole

• ocean

• continent

• poles

• hemisphere

half of the Earth: Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern

• ocean

• continent

• poles

• hemisphere

imaginary line of latitude at 0 degrees that runs across the Earth dividing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• prime meridian

• globe

• coordinates

• equator

measurements in degrees of latitude and longitude that tell the exact location of a place on a map or globe

• prime meridian

• globe

• coordinates

• equator

model of the Earth in the shape of a sphere that can be flat or 3-dimensional

• prime meridian

• globe

• coordinates

• equator

imaginary line of longitude at 0 degrees that runs across the Earth dividing the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

• prime meridian

• globe

• coordinates

• equator

imaginary lines that run east and west across the globe but measure north and south

• political map

• latitude

• longitude

• physical map

imaginary lines that run north and south across the globe but measure east and west

• political map

• latitude

• longitude

• physical map