Unit 1 Vocabulary Review

The study of the Earth

• coordinates

• geography

• longitude

• country

A nation or area of land controlled by one government

• geography

• Equator

• country

• continent

One of the seven large landmasses on Earth

• longitude

• continent

• country

• geography

Horizontal imaginary lines that measure distance (degrees) north or south of the Equator

• latitude

• longitude

• geography

• Equator

Vertical imaginary lines that measure distance (degrees) east or west of the Prime Meridian

• country

• latitude

• compass rose

• longitude

0 degrees longitude. Divides the earth into eastern and western hemisperes.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• geography

• latitude

0 degrees latitude. Divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

• Prime Meridian

• geography

• longitude

• Equator

A tool on a map showing cardinal and intermediate directions

• map scale

• compass rose

• title

• Equator

North, East, South, West

• intermediate directions

• compass rose

• longitude

• cardinal directions

Northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest

• intermediate directions

• cardinal directions

• compass rose

• map