| A | B |
|---|
| Half of the earth | hemisphere |
| the study of a place and the way people live in it and use it | geography |
| an imaginary line halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole | equator |
| an imaginary line seperating the eastern and western hemisphere | prime meridian |
| North, south, east, west | cardinal directions |
| Northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest | intermediate directions |
| something that points out or shows a limit or end | boundary |
| a map showing major boundaries between countries or states | political map |
| a map that shows the physical characteristics of a region such as rivers and mountains | physical map |
| a map that provides information about an area such as rainfall and average temperatures | theme map |
| information on a map that explains the relationship between real distances on earth and distances on a map | scale |
| anything that stands for something else | symbol |
| something on a map that explains what each symbol stands for | map key |
| lines on a map that run east to west | latitude |
| lines on a map that run north and south | longitude |
| two sets of lines on a mapthat cross each other to make squares | grid |
| a shape of theb earth's surface | landforms |
| the action or influence of people, groups or things on one another | interaction |
| the weather that a place has over many years | climate |
| moisture that falls to the earth as rain or snow | precipitation |
