SS Map Terms Gallopade Ch. 1 Grade 5

a person who makes maps

• equator

• longitude

• cartographer

• coordinates

the imaginary line drawn around Earth at zero degrees latitude that divides Earth into the norhtern and southern hemispheres

• cartographer

• coordinates

• prime meridian

• equator

a measure of a location's distance north or south of the equator

• latitude

• longitude

• map scale

• equator

a measure of a location's distance east or west of the prime meridian

• latitude

• longitude

• prime meridian

• equator

a tool that shows how distances on a map compare to actual distances on Earth

• coordinate

• Geographic Information System

• map scale

• map

a representation of Earth's surface

• globe

• map

• data

• prime meridian

a three dimensional scaled model of Earth

• map

• globe

• data

• prime meridian

the imaginary line drawn around Earth at zero degrees longitude that divides Earth into eastern and western hemispheres

• equator

• longitude

• prime meridian

• latitude

factual information that has been collected and combined

• globe

• data

• chart

• map scale

a visual representation of data that makes it easier to understand

• map scale

• data

• chart

• equator