Geography Vocab

Longitude

• Measures East to West and runs horizontal

• Measures North to South and runs Vertical

The line that runs from East to West is called.....

• Longitude

• Latitude

• region

• Quadrant

What is a representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features (cities, roads, Ect.)?

• The Environment

• Globe

• Map

• An object shaped like a ball

A map scale represents

• How heavy the map is

• The relationship between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground

• The distance of the longitude and latitude

• How hard on a scale of 1-10 the map is to read/understand

the state of the atmosphere, including temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloud cover.

• Environment

• Vegetation

• Climate

• Weather

a three-dimensional scale model of the Earth or other round body

• Map

• Globe

Hemisphere

• A equal half of the earth

• a drawing that shows direction

• a picture that shows details of earth

what of the following directions are Cardinal Directions

• North

• south

• northeast

• west

• east

Intermediate Directions are the following select all answers that apply

• Northeast

• Southeast

• North

• Southwest

• Northwest

The Red line is....

• Equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Prime Meridian