Unit 2 Practice

1.  Shows symbols, colors, or lines to represent important places or landmarks on a map.

• Scale

• Compass

• Map Key

• Legend

1. The study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.

• Geography

• Geometry

• Geology

• Garbology

1.  A “half-sphere, used to refer to one-half of the globe when divided into North and South or East and West

• Latitude

• Globe

• Hemisphere

• Longitude

1.  Imaginary horizontal lines measuring the distance north or south of the equator

• Prime Meridian

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

 An imaginary line around the center of the Earth, dividing it into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Prime Meridian

• Parallels

• Meridians

• Equator

1. A map that shows land and water features

• Physical Map

• Weather Map

• Political Map

• Election Map

1.  A symbol on a map that shows the cardinal directions.

• Equator

• GPS

• Compass Rose

• Scale

1. One of Earth’s seven main divisions of land

• Village

• Country

• Continent

• City

1. Imaginary vertical lines measuring the distance east or west of the prime meridian

• Latitude

• Parallels

• Longitude

• North Pole

1. An imaginary line that divides the earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Zero Meridian

• Tropics