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GEOGRAPHY TERMS
What are the four main points on a compass rose?
cardinal directions
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This is a term used to describe heights on a map.
elevation
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This is found at 0° degrees south.
equator
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What is found at about 23° degrees north of the equator?
Tropic of Cancer
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This is found at 180° degrees longitude.
International Date Line
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What is half of a sphere?
hemisphere
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This is another name for longitude lines.
meridians
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These lines are found east or west of the Prime Meridian.
Lines of longitude
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What shows the relationship between distance on a map and real distances
on the earth’s surface?
scale
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What is found at 0° degrees longitude?
Prime Meridian
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This is found at about 90° degrees north.
North Pole
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A direction indicator usually found in the corner of a map.
compass rose
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The imaginary boundary of the North Polar Region.
Arctic Circle
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What is located at about 23° degrees south of the equator?
Tropic of Capricorn
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This is another name for latitude lines.
Parallel lines
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Lines that are found north or south of the equator.
Lines of latitude
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What is the imaginary boundary of the South Polar Region?
Antarctic Circle
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What is at 0° degrees elevation?
sea level
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What is found at about 90° degrees south?
South Pole
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A network of intersecting lines.
grid
GEOGRAPHY TERMSWhat are the four main points on a compass rose? cardinal directions
This is a term used to describe heights on a map. elevationThis is found at 0° degrees south. equator
What is found at about 23° degrees north of the equator? Tropic of CancerThis is found at 180° degrees longitude. International Date Line
What is half of a sphere? hemisphereThis is another name for longitude lines. meridians
These lines are found east or west of the Prime Meridian. Lines of longitudeWhat shows the relationship between distance on a map and real distances on the earth’s
surface? Scale
What is found at 0° degrees longitude? Prime MeridianThis is found at about 90° degrees north. North Pole
A direction indicator usually found in the corner of a map. compass roseThe imaginary boundary of the North Polar Region. Arctic Circle
What is located at about 23° degrees south of the equator? Tropic of Capricorn This is another name for latitude lines. Parallel lines
Lines that are found north or south of the equator. Lines of latitude What is the imaginary boundary of the South Polar Region? Antarctic Circle
What is at 0° degrees elevation? sea level
What is found at about 90° degrees south? South PoleA network of intersecting lines. Grid
