6th Grade Foundations of Geography

half of Earth 

• meridians

• parallels

• longitude

• hemisphere

The equator divides Earth into the Northern and Southern ___________.

• meridians

• parallels

• projections

• hemisphere

North, South, East, West

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

• latitudes

• longitudes

Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

• latitudes

• longitudes

The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into the Western and Eastern _______________.

• parallels

• latitudes

• projections

• hemisphere

the location of a place based on a fixed point on earth (such as latitude and longitude points or a specific address)

• relative location

• latitudes

• projections

• absolute location

describes the location of a place based on its relationship to other locations (such as distance, travel time, or cost)

• relative location

• latitude

• longitude

• absolute location

an imaginary line at  0° longitude.   It passes through Greenwich, London, and ends at the North and South Poles

• Equator

• International Date Line

• Prime Meridian

• Cardinal direction

an imaginary line extending between the North Pole and the South Pole and arbitrarily demarcating each calendar day from the next. Most of its length is on the 180th meridian of longitude

• Equator

• International Date Line

• Prime Meridian

• Absolute Location

an imaginary line at  0° latitude. It divides the earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres

• Equator

• International Date Line

• Prime Meridian

• Cardinal direction