Map Vocabulary 2

What is the imaginary line that runs through the center of the earth between the poles

• equator

• latitude

• axis

What is one of the seven large pieces of land on earth?

• continent

• equator

• meridian

What is the Imaginary line that circles the earth half-way between the North and South Poles?

• continent

• equator

• meridian

What is the the label for units that measure latitude and longitude?

• inches

• miles

• degrees

What is the line that runs from North Pole to South Pole and cuts the earth into east and west hemispheres?

• prime meridian

• continent

• hemisphere

What are the lines that run around the earth parallel to the equator showing distance north and south?

• prime meridian

• latitude

• continent

What is half of the Earth?

• parallels

• latitude

• hemisphere

What are the lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole showing distance east and west?

• longitude

• equator

• hemisphere

What are the numbers on a globe or map that show where something is located?

• longitude

• equator

• coordinates

What are the imaginary lines on a globe or map that circles the globe like the equator and marks degrees of latitude?

• hemisphere

• parallels

• continent