An imaginary line of latitude (0 degrees) that divides the globe into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Line of longitude (0 degrees) that divides the globe into the Eastern and Western hemispheres. The line runs through the Royal London Observatory in Greenwich, England.

Line of latitude at 23 1/2 degrees S. It's located between the Antarctic Circle and the Equator.

Line of latitude at 23 1/2 N. It's located between the Equator and the Arctic Circle.

The farthest north and south points on the globe.

a key that explains what the symbols on a map represent.

A scale model of the Earth.

half of a sphere (globe); "hemi" means half in Greek.

one of seven large landmasses on Earth.

Imaginary lines that run east-west on the globe that measure distances north or south of the Equator. They circle the globe halfway between the North and South poles.

Imaginary lines that run north-south on a globe that measures distances east or west of the Prime Meridian.

Also known as lines of latitude; they are always parallel to the equator.

Also known as lines of longitude.

Uses arrows that point to all four cardinal directions (north, south, east, west)

Used to represent distances between points on a map (such as miles or kilometers).

A flat diagram of all or part of Earth's surface.

Latitude and longitude lines cross to form a grid. Every place in the world has one exact place on the Earth.

The pattern of lines that circle the globe in east-west and north-south directions.

Different ways of showing our round Earth on flat maps.