SS: Unit 1 Vocabulary

This line has a 0 degree longitude reading.

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

• Prime Meridian

An imaginary line on Earth that goes from east to west and shows a location's distance from the Equator.

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Prime Meridian

• Absolute Location

An imaginary line on Earth that goes from North to South and shows a location's distance from the Prime Meridain.

• Absolute Location

• Latitude

• Equator

• Longitude

The location of a place in relation to other landmarks.

• GPS location

• absolute location

• GIS location

• relative location

This line divides the Earth into a Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

• Prime Meridian

To be touching or connected in an unbroken series.

• plain

• contiguous

• interconnected

• interlocking

A 2D representation of an area.

• Map

• Globe

• Continental Divide

• Tributary

A 3D sphere that represents the world.

• Map

• Globe

• Continental Divide

• Tributary

A divide that separates a continent's river system.

• Map

• Globe

• Continental Divide

• Tributary

This line divides the Earth into an Eastern and Western Hemisphere.

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

• Prime Meridian