Chapter 2 Social Studies

The exact place where someone is found on Earth's surface.

• Absolute Location

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

• Prime Meridian

Cartographers use imaginary lines called this to show the distance of a place from the equator. These line are parallel and never meet.

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

This is the most important line of latitude. This line runs around the center of the Earth, halfway between the North and South Poles at 0 degrees latitude.

• Prime Meridian

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

These are a set of imaginary lines that run north and south on a map or globe from the North to the South Pole. They measure the distance east or west of the prime meridian.

• Latitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Longitude

This is the most important longitude line that divides the Earth into two hemispheres. It runs from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth at 0 degrees longitude.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

Half of the Earth

• Parallels

• Meridians

• Hemisphere

• Contiguous

Imaginary lines on Earth that run parallel to the equator; also called lines of latitude.

• Parallels

• Meridians

• Equator

• Hemisphere

Imaginary lines on Earth that run between the North and South; also called lines of longitude.

• Prime Meridian

• Parallels

• Inset Map

• Meridians

This is another name for a border between countries.

• Meridians

• International Border

• Lines of Longitude

• Contiguous

This term means sharing an edge or boundary; touching

• Absolute Location

• Region

• Criteria

• Contiguous