Map Skills

Seven main continuous expanses of land

• equator

• oceans

• continents

• latitude

a very large expanse of sea divided into 5

• symbol

• prime meridian

• continents

• oceans

an imaginary line that runs horizontally through the center of the earth, dividing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• longitude

• equator

• latitude

• prime meridian

an imaginary line that runs vertically through the center of the earth, dividing the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

• prime meridian

• longitude

• latitude

• equator

A system of lines used to describe the location of any place on earth. These imaginary lines run in a north/south direction.

• longitude

• prime meridian

• latitude

• equator

A system of lines used to describe the location of any place on earth. These imaginary lines run in an east/west direction.

• equator

• latitude

• longitude

• prime meridian

the half of the earth that is north of the equator

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

the half of the earth that is south of the equator

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

the half of the earth that is east of the prime meridian

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

the half of the earth that is west of the prime meridian

• northern hemisphere

• western hemisphere

• eastern hemisphere

• southern hemisphere