Go on. Explore!

lvl 0 • 0 xp

lvl 1

Home Market Decks Interests

Geography

memorize.ai (lvl 286)

Section 1

Preview this deck

Physical Map

Front

1 / 16

Geography

0.0

0 reviews

5			0
4			0
3			0
2			0
1			0

Active users

All-time users

Favorites

Last updated

6 years ago

Date created

Mar 14, 2020

Cards (16)

Section 1

(16 cards)

Physical Map

Front

Include much of the same data found on a political map, but their primary purpose is to show landforms like deserts, mountains and plains.

Back

Political Map

Front

Show governmental boundaries of countries, states, and counties, the location of major cities, and they usually include significant bodies of water.

Back

Hemisphere

Front

Half of a globe

Back

Southern Hemisphere

Front

The half of the Earth south of the equator.

Back

Prime Meridian

Front

Line of longitude at 0 degrees; it runs from pole to pole

Back

Scale

Front

Tool that helps you measure distances on a map

Back

Equator

Front

An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole. It is a line of latitude marked at 0 degrees

Back

Legend

Front

Information that explains what each symbol on a map stands for.

Back

Northern Hemisphere

Front

The half of the Earth north of the equator

Back

Eastern Hemisphere

Front

The half of the Earth that is east of the prime meridian

Back

Compass Rose

Front

Pointer on a map that shows direction.

Back

Western Hemisphere

Front

The half of the Earth that is west of the prime Meridian

Back

Latitude

Front

A measure of how far North or South of the equator a location is.

Back

Degree

Front

A unit of measure of latitude or longitude

Back

Globe

Front

A round model of the Earth which shows the water, land masses, equator, and prime meridian

Back

Longitude

Front

A measure of how far east or west of the prime meridian a location is.

Back