Geographer's World & Tools

_______________________ describes where a place is compared to another place.

• Relative location

• Absolute location

• GPS location

______________________ describes the exact location on map use latitude and longitude.

• Relative location

• Absolute location

• GPS location

The ___________________ is 0 degrees latitude.

• prime meridian

• equator

• international date line

The ___________________ is 0 degrees longitude.

• prime meridian

• equator

• international date line

Lines of _________________ run east to west.

• latitude

• longitude

Lines of _________________ run north to south.

• latitude

• longitude

Lines of _________________ measure distance east to west of the Prime Meridian.

• latitude

• longitude

Lines of _________________ measure distance east to west of the Equator.

• latitude

• longitude

A _______________ is half of the earth.

• hemisphere

• homosphere

• troposphere

• stratosphere

________________ are places that are close to one another, they share some features.

• Location

• Places

• Regions

• Geography