front 1 Title | back 1 Tells what the map is about. |
front 2 Scale | back 2 Shows how distances on a map are related to actual distances. |
front 3 Compass Rose | back 3 A symbol on a map showing direction. N,E,S,W |
front 4 Key/legend | back 4 Shows what the symbols represent on a map. |
front 5 Coordinate grid | back 5 Intersecting lines drawn on a map to pinpoint locations. |
front 6 Cartographer | back 6 A person who makes maps. |
front 7 Equator | back 7 The imaginary line of latitude around the center of the Earth. It divides the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres. |
front 8 Prime Meridian | back 8 The imaginary line of longitude that runs N and S at 0°. It divides the Earth into the eastern and western hemispheres. |
front 9 Absolute Location | back 9 The exact location. |
front 10 Relative Location | back 10 About where it is. |
front 11 Latitude | back 11 Lines that run E to W (horizontally) on a grid and are parallel to the equator. FAT |
front 12 Longitude | back 12 Lines that run N to S on a grid. Start and end at the N and S poles. |
front 13 Hemisphere | back 13 Half of the Earth |
front 14 Meridians | back 14 Another name for lines of longitude |
front 15 Parallels | back 15 Another name for lines of latitude |
front 16 Degrees | back 16 Latitude and longitude lines are measured in |
front 17 International Dateline | back 17 The imaginary line that runs N to S and is opposite of the Prime Meridian at 180˚ |
front 18 Greenwich | back 18 The Prime Meridian runs through which city in England? |