Geography Vocabulary

The angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface.

• lattitude

• longitude

• Mercator projection

• continent

A book of maps

• compass rose

• atlas

• map scale

• prime meridian

A part of the map that shows cardinal directions and intermediate directions

• Southern Hemisphere

• Prime Meridian

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Compass rose

Main landmasses of the globe; usually recognized as one of the 7 landmasses.

• Mercator Projection

• Northern Hemisphere

• continent

• equator

The half of the earth east of the prime meridian, consisting of Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe.

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

The imaginary line around the middle of the earth

• South Pole

• Prime Meridian

• continent

• equator

Imaginary line that runs north and south through the Pacific ocean

• International Date Line

• Equator

• South Pole

• North Pole

A table on a map of chart that lists and explains the symbols used

• map

• map scale

• legend

• compass rose

The angular distance east or west from the Prime Meridian of a point on the earth's surface

• longitude

• latitude

• equator

• International Date Line

A representation that shows the whole or part of an area

• Prime Meridian

• map scale

• map

• atlas