Download 1. ______ Demographic map

Name ________________________
Global History and Geography I
Date ___________________
Geography Unit
Directions: Match the following terms to the appropriate definition
MAPS AND LINES OF MEASURMENT
Column A – Terms
1. __________ Demographic map
2. __________ Political Map
3. __________ Topographical Map
4. __________ Legend/Key
5. __________ Latitude
6. __________ Longitude
7. __________ Hemisphere
8. __________ Equator
9. __________ Prime Meridian
Column B - Definitions
A. A map that shows statistics of an
area (population density age,
race, and gender)
B. An explanatory caption
accompanying a map
C. A map that shows the physical
features of an area such as
mountains, lakes and rivers as
well as elevation
D. A map that shows man-made
borders that divide one area from
another.
E. Imaginary lines that run east to
west on the globe but measure
areas north and south of the
equator.
F. “Half the earth”; the northern
and southern halves of the earth
divided by the equator and the
eastern and western halves of the
earth divided by the Prime
Meridian.
G. Imaginary line that divides the
earth into the eastern and
western hemispheres.
H. Imaginary lines that run north to
south on the globe but measure
areas east and west of the Prime
Meridian.
I. Imaginary line that divides the
Earth into the northern and
southern hemispheres.
REGIONS (AREAS WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS)
Column A – Terms
10. __________ Pacific Rim
11. __________ East Asia
12. __________ South Asia
Column B - Definitions
J. Areas in the western hemisphere
that are south of the United
States that include: Mexico,
Central America, South America
and the Caribbean.
K. The southwestern portion of Asia
that also includes territories in
North Africa whose countries
include: Afghanistan, Egypt,
Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,
Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria,
Turkey, United Arab Emirates,
and Yemen.
L. Region of Asia that includes the
countries of: Bangladesh, , the
India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri
Lanka.
13. __________ Southeast Asia
M. Region of Asia that includes that
countries of: China, North and
South Korea, Japan, and
Mongolia
14. __________ Middle East
N. Region of Asia that includes the
countries of: Burma, Cambodia,
Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and
Malaysia, Brunei, East Timor,
Indonesia, the Philippines, and
Singapore.
15. __________ Latin America
O. Nations in the Pacific area with
heavy volcanic activity.