Map Skills

Front

An imaginary line around the middle of the Earth that divides the globe into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

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Equator

Front

Same features that belong to a place or region

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Common Characteristics

Front

Grid lines on a globe going North and South

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longitude

Front

Half of the globe created by the Prime Meridian or the Equator

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hemisphere

Front

An imaginary line that divides the globe into the Eastern and Western hemispheres

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prime meridian

Front

Grid lines on a globe going East and West

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latitude

Front

Places that have common characteristics? Options: hemisphere, equator, regions, prime meridian

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regions

Front

What is the degree of the Prime Meridian and the Equator?

Back

0

Front

Which imaginary line is at 0 degrees latitude?

Back

equator

Front

Latitude and Longitude lines are measured in units called

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degrees