Geography Skills - Unit 1: The World in Spacial Terms

Map makers use a ____________________ to show direction on a map.

• compass rose
• legend

The ____________________ tells us what the different symbols on the map mean.

• compass rose
• legend

Maps usually have a ____________________ to show what distance on the earth is represented by a certain distance on the map.

• grid
• scale

Lines of latitude and longitude cross each other and create a ____________________ system on a map.

• grid
• scale

The location of a place on the earth as compared to some other place is called ____________________ .

• absolute location
• relative location

The exact location of a place on the earth is called ____________________ .

• absolute location
• relative location

Depending on other people is called ____________________ .

• interdependence
• socialism

Distance north and south of the Equator is measured in degrees of ____________________ .

• latitude
• longitude

Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian is measured in degrees of ____________________ .

• latitude
• longitude

7. Another name for the Prime Meridian is ____________________ .

• 0º latitude
• 0º longitude