SS Unit 1 Lesson 2 Sections 1-6

Or you might use your street address. This is the _______________ location of your home.

• exact

• approximate

• general

• random

Sometimes symbols look like what they stand for. For example, _______________ often use tiny airplane symbols to stand for airports.

• mapmakers

• chefs

• teachers

• doctors

Mapmakers invented a system of __________ lines around the globe.

• imaginary

• real

• visible

• tangible

Lines of latitude tell us how __________ north or south of the equator a place on Earth is.

• far

• close

• high

• low

The __________ is a line of latitude. It divides the Earth into two __________.

• equator, halves

• prime meridian, quarters

• tropic of cancer, sections

• arctic circle, parts

Lines of longitude run north and south between the North and South poles and are called __________.

• meridians

• parallels

• equators

• latitudes

The longitude of the prime meridian is __________.

• 0°

• 90°

• 180°

• 45°

Geographers call the degrees of latitude and longitude a set of ______________.

• coordinates

• meridians

• parallels

• axes

Other maps show ______________. For example, a ______________ map shows cities, capitals, states, and countries.

• political

• geographical

• historical

• economic