My World Social Studies Flashcards
Half of a sphere.Earth’s hemisphere are formed by the equator and the prime meridian
Hemisphere
A model of the Earth
Globe
The starting point for measuring longitude
Prime meridian
An imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South poles.
Equator
A symbol on a map that shows directions.
Compass rose
One of the four main compass points-north,south,east,and west
Cardinals directions
A direction that is between two cardinal directions-northeast,southeast,northwest,and southwest.
Intermediate directions
A line drawn on a map that shows the relationship between a unit measurement on the map and the real distance on Earth.
map scale
A map that shows information such as borders,capitals,and important cities.
Political map
A thing that stands for or represents something else.
Symbol
A map legend, the boxed list showing what the symbols on a map represent.
Map key
A map that shows geographic features of a place such as mountains,valleys,and bodies of water.
Physical map
A collection or books of maps
Atlas
The distance above or below sea level.
Elevation
A system of lines that cross each other to form pattern of squares.On a map,grids are used to locate places.
Grid
A unit measure.There are 360 degrees of latitude and longitude used to locate places on Earth.
Degrees
Lines that measure the distance north and south of the equator.
Latitude
Lines that measure the distances east and west of the prime meridian
Longitude
