Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz

the four main points of a compass: north, south, east, and west which are also known by the first letters: N,S,E, and W

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions

• Compass rose

• Directions

The symbol on a map showing direction (or orientation)

• Map Legend

• Map Symbol

• Compass Rose

• Map Key

the line of latitude at 0° that runs across the center of the earth like a belt; an imaginary line dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres

• Parallel

• Equator

• Line of longitude

• Meridian

The grid formed by crisscrossing lines of longitude and latitude on a map

• Lines

• Earth

• Global Grid

• Compass

The directions on the compass that are halfway between the cardinal points: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest which are also known by the letters: NE, NW, SE, and SW

• Cardinal directions

• Directions

• Intermediate Directions

an imaginary line that runs east and west around the globe; also called a parallel

• Line of latitude

• line of longitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

an imaginary line that runs around the globe between the North and South Poles; also called a meridian

• Parallel

• Line of latitude

• Line of longitude

• Prime Meridian

an explanation of what the symbols on a map stand for; also called a map legend

• Map Symbols

• Map Key

• Map Scale

an imaginary line that runs around the globe between the North and South Poles; also called a line of longitude

• Parallel

• Meridian

• Equator

• Scale

an imaginary line that runs east and west around the globe; also called a line of latitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Meridian

• Parallel