Geography Vocabulary Quiz

North, South, East, and West are called ____________________.

Parts of the world that share similar characteristics, but don’t necessarily have fixed boundaries are called _____________________.

Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast are examples of _______________________.

The method that geographers use to transfer the latitude and longitude of the spherical Earth on a flat surface is called _____________________.

A network of evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines used to identify locations on a map.

Lines on a map that go North to South.

Lines on a map that go East to West.

The 0° line that runs from east to west through the middle of the Earth:

A detailed representation on a map of the natural and artificial features of an area.

A location on earth relative to another location.

Distance on the map that corresponds to real distance on earth is called

A tool on a map used to show the cardinal directions and the intermediate directions.

Half of the earth is called a ______________________.

An exact place on Earth, often given in terms of latitude and longitude or an address. _________________________.

How people interact with the world, and the world interacts with people is called

Also known as a “key,” this part of a map tells us what symbols on a map represent.

It is impossible to put a sphere onto a flat surface, therefore all maps have some sort of

The 0° line that runs from North to South through the middle of the Earth: