Geography Terms Review Slideshow

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• Imaginary lines running from North to South that are used to measure distances from the Prime Meridian. (below in red)

LONGITUDE

• Imaginary lines running from North to South that are used to measure distances from the Prime Meridian. (below in red)

• The imaginary line which runs from North pole to South pole through Greenwich, England. It is from this line the East and west are determined.

Prime Meridian

• The imaginary line which runs from North pole to South pole through Greenwich, England. It is from this line the East and west are determined.

• The four main directions on a globe or map.

CARDINAL DIRECTIONS

• The four main directions on a globe or map.

• The great imaginary circle around the middle of the earth that separates North from South.

EQUATOR

• The great imaginary circle around the middle of the earth that separates North from South.

• A sphere on which a map of the Earth is placed.

Globe

• A sphere on which a map of the Earth is placed.

• Imaginary lines running east and west that are used to measure distances from the Earth’s equator

LATITUDE

• Imaginary lines running east and west that are used to measure distances from the Earth’s equator

• Either of the 2 extreme positions north or south on the Earth

POLES

• Either of the 2 extreme positions north or south on the Earth

• The name for the lines of latitude

parallels

• The name for the lines of latitude

• Name for the lines of longitude

MERIDIANS

• Name for the lines of longitude

• Units of measurement for latitude and longitude. There are 360 of them in a circle.

DEGREES

• Units of measurement for latitude and longitude. There are 360 of them in a circle.