__ | 1. | Absolute Location | | A. | Precise Point where a place is located | __ | 2. | Cardinal Directions | | B. | Way of representing the spherical Earth on flat surface | __ | 3. | Compass Rose | | C. | Change in shape, size, or position of a place shown on map | __ | 4. | Distortion | | D. | Where a place is located in relation to another place | __ | 5. | Global Grid | | E. | northeast, southwest, southeast, northwest | __ | 6. | Intermediate Directions | | F. | Shows directions on a map | __ | 7. | Map Grid | | G. | System of imaginary lines to divide up space on maps | __ | 8. | Map Legend | | H. | Symbols used on a map are identified in this box | __ | 9. | Map Projection | | I. | North, South, East and West | __ | 10. | Relative Location | | J. | System of Latitude and Longitude to Grid earth |
__ | 11. | Continents | | A. | Most important Longitude line, goes thru Greenwhich, England | __ | 12. | Equator | | B. | Lines rune east and west around the globe | __ | 13. | Hemispheres | | C. | Most important parallel of latitude | __ | 14. | International Date Line | | D. | Half-circles that run from the North pole to the South pole | __ | 15. | Map Scale | | E. | When traveler cross this line, they cross over into new day | __ | 16. | Meridians of longitude | | F. | Geographers divide Earth into these halves | __ | 17. | Parallels of latitude | | G. | The largest areas of land on our planet | __ | 18. | Prime Meridian | | H. | Tells us how to read the distance on a map | __ | 19. | Revolution | | I. | One round trip around the sun is called this | __ | 20. | Rotation | | J. | Spinning motion of earth is called this, last 24 hours. |
__ | 21. | Antarctic Circle | | A. | Southernmost line of latitude. Sun's rays beat down on earth | __ | 22. | Arctic Circle | | B. | Northernmost line of latitude. Sun's rays beat down on earth | __ | 23. | Climate | | C. | Receive abundant sunshine. Between Capricorn and Cancer | __ | 24. | Economic Activity | | D. | Farthest North Latitude. Complete days with no sun. | __ | 25. | Polar Zones | | E. | Farthest South Latitude. Complete days with no sun. | __ | 26. | Temperate Zones | | F. | Antarctic and Arctic Zones are known as this. | __ | 27. | Thematic Map | | G. | Zone between the Tropical and Polar Zones. | __ | 28. | Tropical Zones | | H. | Pattern of weather over a long period of time | __ | 29. | Tropic of Cancer | | I. | Action that relates to the making, buying, selling of things | __ | 30. | Tropic of Capricorn | | J. | Presents information related to one theme or topic |
__ | 31. | Elevation | | A. | Natural characteristic of Earth's surface such as landforms | __ | 32. | Forestry | | B. | Average # of people who live in unit of area. | __ | 33. | Landform | | C. | An area defined by 1 or more natural/cultural characteristic | __ | 34. | Land Use | | D. | Any natural feature of Earth's surface, has distinct shape | __ | 35. | Physical Feature | | E. | All plants and trees an area | __ | 36. | Population Density | | F. | Height above sea level | __ | 37. | Precipitation | | G. | Rain, snow or moisture | __ | 38. | Region | | H. | Mix of plants that grow in certain conditions in that zone | __ | 39. | Vegetation | | I. | How people use the land for their needs | __ | 40. | Vegetation Zone | | J. | Harvesting of trees to produce wood products |
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