S.S. Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Vocabulary

Hemisphere

• Halves of the earth

• part of a ocean

• largest land area

• imaginary line that divides the Earth

Equator

• largest land area

• imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere

• Halves of the Earth

• imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemisphere

Prime Meridian

• Lines that measure the distance on the earth vertically

• Halves of the Earth

• the position of a place compared to another landmark

• an imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemisphere

Continents

• a line or boundary

• the largest land areas on Earth

• a part of the ocean

• Halves of the Earth

Relative Location

• a line or boundary that separates a country, city, or state from another

• Halves of the Earth

• a part of an ocean

• the position of a place compared to another landmark

Border

• a line or boundary that separates a country, city, or state from another

• the position of a place compared to another landmark

• halves of the Earth

• an imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere

Gulf

• a line or boundary

• a small body of water

• a part of the ocean or sea that extends into land

• halves of the Earth

Latitude

• Lines that measure distance on the Earth horizontally east to west.

• an imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemisphere

• the largest land areas on Earth

• Lines that measure distance on the earth vertically north to south

Longitude

• An imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemisphere.

• Lines that measure distance on the earth vertically north to south.

• the position of a place compared to another landmark.

• a part of the ocean