Map Vocabulary

True or false? GPS is a technology system that combines and provides geographic information from many different sources.

• True

• False

Which lines run east-west and measure the distance north or south of the Earth's equator?

• Latitude

• Longitude

A ___________ is a technology system that combines and provides geographic information from many different sources.

• Grid

• Legend

• GIS

• GPS

Globe

• A spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the planet.

• A flat drawing that shows all or part of the Earth's surface.

• Imaginary lines that pass through the poles.

• A technology system that transmits information from satelites to Earth, giving the exact location of a given object on our planet.

Parallels are lines of ___________.

A ___________ is the unit of measurement of a globe's surface that is part of a degree.

• Degree

• Scale

• Continent

• Minute

A _________ is a pattern of imaginary lines that circle the globe in east-west and north-south directions.

• Latitude

• Grid

• Longitude

• Parallels

Which lines run north-south and measure the distance east or west of the Earth's prime meridian?

• Latitude

• Longitude

The ___________ is the imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the north and south poles.

A ___________ _____ is a directional indicator that shows which way north, south, east and west lie on a map.