Map and Globe Vocabulary

a spherical or ball-shaped model of the entire planet

• globe

• earth

• continent

• map

a flat drawing that shows all or part of the earth’s surface

• globe

• earth

• continent

• map

the northern half of the globe between the equator and the North Pole

• southern hemisphere

• northern hemisphere

• eastern hemisphere

• western hemisphere

the southern half of the globe between the equator and the South Pole

• southern hemisphere

• northern hemisphere

• eastern hemisphere

• western hemisphere

the imaginary line of latitude that circles the globe halfway between the North and South Poles

• prime meridian

• equator

• northern hemisphere

• hemisphere

lines that run east to west on a map or globe that tell how far from the equator a place is.

• latitude

• longitude

• compass rose

• map key

lines that run from north to south on a map or globe that tell how far from the Prime Meridian a place is

• latitude

• longitude

• hemisphere

• political map

0° longitude. Splits the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres.

• equator

• parallels

• Prime Meridian

• hemisphere

half of a sphere

• globe

• hemisphere

• map

• hemicube

model of the Earth shaped like a sphere

• globe

• map

• hemisphere

• map key