Unit 2 Vocabulary A

a visual representation of an area

• Globe

• Picture

• Map

• Drawing

a map made to reflect particular information about a geographic area

• Political Map

• Thematic Map

• Physical Map

• Globe

a thematic (special purpose) map that shows political boundaries

• Political Map

• Physical Map

• Thematic Map

• Picture

a thematic (special purpose) map that shows the major physical features of a place

• Political Map

• Physical Map

• Thematic Map

• Globe

the line of latitude that circles Earth halfway between the North and South Poles

• Arctic Circle

• Prime Meridian

• Line of Longitude

• Equator

imaginary lines that show distances north or south of the equator

• Lines of Longitude

• Prime Meridian

• Lines of Latitude

• Circle

the line of longitude that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England

• Equator

• Lines of Latitude

• Antarctic Circle

• Prime Meridian

imaginary lines that show distances east or west of the prime meridian

• Lone of Latitude

• Lines of Longitude

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricarn

an imaginary grid on the world created by the intersection of lines of latitude and lines of longitude

• Coordinate Plane

• Global Grid

• Address

• Relative Location

a geographer who makes maps

• Mapsmith

• Cartpusher

• Map Drawer

• Cartographer