Parts of a Map Vocabulary

One of 7 large land masses on Earth:

North America, South America, Europe,

Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia

• Ocean

• Continent

• Poles

• Equator

One of 5 giant areas of salt water:

Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Southern

• Lake

• Sea

• Ocean

• Globe

highest and lowest points of longitude and latitude;

North Pole and South Pole

• Latitude

• Equator

• Longitude

• Poles

half of the Earth:

Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern

• Equator

• Poles

• Prime Meridian

• Hemisphere

imaginary line of latitude at 0 degrees

that runs across the Earth

dividing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Latitude

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Longitude

imaginary line of longitude at 0 degrees

that runs across the Earth

dividing the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

• Prime Meridian

• Longitude

• Equator

• Latitude

3-dimensional model of the Earth in the shape of a sphere

• Circle

• Earth

• sphere

• globe

measurements in degrees of latitude and longitude

that tell the exact location of a place on a map or globe

• Map Key

• Grid

• Legend

• Coordinates

imaginary lines that run east and west

across the globe but measure

north and south

• Prime Meridian

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Equator

imaginary lines that run north and south

across the globe but measure

east and west

• Latitude

• Prime Meridian

• Coordinates

• Longitude