Mapping Vocabulary

The surface of the earth that is the northern end of the axis of rotation

What letter on the map designates the continent of Antarctica?

What is the longitudinal line on a map that divides the Earth's eastern and western hemispheres called?

Lines on a map or globe that run north and south

T on this map designates which continent?

Geography that deals with the relationship between people and their environment is called...

What letter on the map designates the continent of Asia?

A visual representation of a whole or part of an area.

Geography that deals with natural features of earth, such as mountains, water, glaciers, climate

Lines on a map or globe that runs east and west

The Arctic Ocean is designated by what letter on this map?

Tells you what the symbols, lines, and map colors mean.

A scale shows...

Which letter on the map designates the Indian Ocean?

Main landmasses of the globe are called...

Lines that measure distance north and south of the equator

A map symbol that shows cardinal directions is called a...

Imaginary line on a map that divides the northern and southern hemispheres is called the...

Lines that run north to south and measure distance west and east of the prime meridian.

What letter on the map designates the continent of Europe?

The half of the earth south of the equator

An atlas is...